Karen J. Parker, PhD is the inaugural Truong-Tan Broadcom Endowed Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, where she leads the Major Laboratories Steering Committee and directs the Social Neurosciences Research Program. She is also an Affiliate Scientist at the California National Primate Research Center and a Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP). Dr. Parker received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Michigan. She completed postdoctoral training at Stanford University and joined the Stanford faculty thereafter. The principal goal of her research program is to better understand the biology of social functioning across a range of species, and to translate these fundamental insights to drive diagnostic and treatment advances for patients with social impairments, with a core focus on autism spectrum disorder. Dr. Parker’s research has been supported by the NIH, Simons Foundation, and Department of Defense, published in leading scientific journals (e.g., Science Translational Medicine, PNAS, Molecular Psychiatry), and featured across diverse media outlets (e.g., Huberman Lab podcast, NPR, CBS, New York Times, LA Times, Science, Scientific American). She has attended key opinion leader meetings at the U.S. National Academies and NIH, and held leadership roles on international research and ethics advisory committees for the Society for Neuroscience and ACNP. Dr. Parker currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, three children, and two Australian shepherds.