Michelle Pievsky
Michelle Pievsky
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Overview
I am a bilingual (English/Spanish) clinical psychologist, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior and Pediatrics at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and a faculty member with Rhode Island LEND.
As a clinician-scientist, my mission is to improve medical care for neurodivergent young children while centering health equity for underserved, Medicaid-insured, and Spanish-speaking families. My research focuses on developing equitable primary-care-to-specialty diagnostic pathways and using AI and machine learning tools to establish scalable, objective digital markers of early language patterns. Guided by the motto "nothing about us without us," I partner closely with community advisory boards, clinical trainees, and interdisciplinary collaborators to ensure that research directly improves clinical care and family outcomes.
I welcome collaboration with faculty and students interested in:
- Autism screening and diagnosis
- Language development and neurodiversity
- Machine learning applications in clinical research
- Health disparities and culturally responsive care
- Mixed-methods and community-engaged research
My long-term goal is to build scalable, evidence-based programs and tools that improve developmental outcomes and family experiences across diverse populations.
