Yasamin Bolourian, PhD

Dr. Yasamin Bolourian, Ph.D., is the Director of Outreach and Dissemination at the UCLA Tarjan Center and Senior Research Supervisor at the UCLA PEERS Clinic. She received her doctorate in Education from the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Bolourian's research interests cover a wide range of topics related to neurodiversity, including postsecondary outcomes for neurodivergent students and service pathways for autistic youth and their families in both community and school settings. Dr. Bolourian is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. She is also Co-Chair of the Autism Spectrum Disorders Special Interest Research Group for the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD). Dr. Bolourian is a fellow of the University of California Leadership Education in Neurodiversity (UC-LEND) Program. Her postdoctoral position was funded by the Institute of Education Sciences. She has led a number of initiatives aimed at reducing disparities and service inequities for families of youth with developmental disabilities in Inland Southern California that have been supported by the California Department of Developmental Disabilities (DDS), the UC Riverside Center for Health Disparities Research (HDR), and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD).