Dr. Ausderau completed her postdoctoral fellowship at UNC Chapel Hill, working with the Sensory Experiences Project. At SEP, she directed Study 5, Sensory Experiences in Children with Autism. Dr. Ausderau completed her studies in Occupational Science at University of Southern California where her emphasis was the experience of mothers with children with gastrostomy tubes. Previously, Dr. Ausderau was the director of an interdisciplinary feeding clinic in Los Angeles.