The Division for Research is pleased to name Dr. Brian Boyd the recipient of the DR 2016 Distinguished Early Career Research Award. This award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding scientific contributions in basic and/or applied research in special education within the first 10 years after receiving the doctoral degree. The award, co-sponsored by the Donald D. Hammill Foundation, includes $1,000 to be presented to each recipient at the DR reception at the 2015 CEC Annual Convention and Expo and an invited presentation at the CEC convention the following year.
Dr. Boyd received his doctorate in special education from the University of Florida, and currently is an Associate Professor in the Division of Occupational Sciences and Therapy, Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Boyd is considered one of the most promising scholars in the areas of Early Childhood and Autism. He has published 46 papers in top tier journals, such as the Journal of Child Psychology and the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, and his work is cited frequently. Dr. Boyd has also been highly successful in securing considerable competitive, federal funding for his work from the National Institutes for Health and the U.S. Department of Education.
Brian Boyd
Assistant Professor
Department of Allied Health Sciences
School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
brian_boyd@med.unc.edu