I have devoted most of the last 15 years to studying autism and am deeply committed to research that will improve the diagnosis, intervention and well-being of autistic individuals and their families. My current research focuses on developing AI-enabled digital phenotyping techniques for studying behavior and neurophysiology in children with autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions. This involves the use of digital devices and sensors that can record behavior, physiology and neurophysiology remotely from participants as they go about their daily lives. In the lab we analyze eye tracking, EEG, video and audio, wearable device, tablet and cell phone data using AI-enabled techniques to learn about behavior and how it changes during childhood development.

Selected Publications

Hacohen, Levi, Kaiser, Snyder, Amatya, Gundersen, Spiro, Dinstein. An open science resource for accelerating scalable digital health research in autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions. Nature Neuroscience, 2025.
Manelis, Barami, Ilan, Meiri, Menashe, Soskin, Sofer, Dinstein. Using Computer vision to quantify facial expressions of children with autism during naturalistic social interactions. Molecular Autism, 2025.
Eni, Zigel, Ilan, Michaelovski, Golan, Meiri, Menashe, Dinstein. Reliably quantifying the severity of social symptoms in children with autism using ASDSpeech. Translational Psychiatry, 2025.
Bleimeister, Avni, Granovetter, Meiri, Ilan, Michaelovski, Menashe, Behrmann, Dinstein. Idiosyncratic pupil regulation in autistic children. Autism Res, 2024.
Barami, Manelis-Baram, Kaiser, Ilan, Slobodkin, Hadashi, Hadad, Waissengreen, Nitzan, Menashe, Michaelovsky, Begin, Zachor, Sadaka, Koler, Zagdon, Meiri, Azencot, Sharf, Dinstein. Automated analysis of stereotypical movements in video recordings of children with ASD. JAMA Open, 2024.
Molcho-Haimovich, Tikotzky, Meiri, Ilan, Michaelovski, Schtaierman, Golan, Sadaka, Menashe, Dinstein, Sleep disturbances are associated with irritability in ASD children with sensory sensitivities. J Neurodev Disord, 2023, 15 (1).
Ilan, Faroy, Zachor, Manelis, Waissengreen, Michaelovski, Avni, Menashe, Koller, Dinstein, Meiri, Children with Autism Exhibit Similar Longitudinal Changes in Core Symptoms When Placed in Special or Mainstream Education Settings. Autism 2023, 27 (6).
Manelis-Baram, Meiri, Ilan, Faroy, Michaelovski, Flusser, Menashe, Dinstein, Sleep Disturbances and Sensory Sensitivities Co-Vary in a Longitudinal Manner in Pre-School Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. J Autism Dev Disord 2022, 52 (2), 923–937.
Hacohen, Stolar, Berkovitch, Elkana, Kohn, Hazan, Heyman, Sobol, Waissengreen, Gal, Dinstein, Children and Adolescents with ASD Treated with CBD-Rich Cannabis Exhibit Significant Improvements Particularly in Social Symptoms: An Open Label Study. Transl Psychiatry 2022, 12 (1).
Gabbay-Dizdar, Ilan, Meiri, Faroy, Michaelovski, Flusser, Menashe, Koller, Zachor, Dinstein, Early Diagnosis of Autism in the Community Is Associated with Marked Improvement in Social Symptoms within 1–2 Years. Autism 2022, 26 (6).
Avni, Meiri, Bar-Sinai, Reboh, Manelis, Flusser, Michaelovski, Menashe, Dinstein, Children with Autism Observe Social Interactions in an Idiosyncratic Manner. Autism Research 2020, 13 (6), 935–946.
Arazi, Meiri, Danan, Michaelovski, Flusser, Menashe, Tarasiuk, Dinstein, Reduced Sleep Pressure in Young Children with Autism. Sleep 2020, 43 (6), 1-11.
Budman, Meiri, Ilan, Faroy, Langer, Reboh, Michaelovski, Flusser, Menashe, Donchin, Dinstein, Quantifying the Social Symptoms of Autism Using Motion Capture. Sci Rep 2019, 9 (1).