Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, PhD

Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology and the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, heading the Educational Neuroimaging Group (ENIG). She is also an Associate Professor at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. In her research, Dr. Horowitz-Kraus focuses on the involvement of executive functions in audiovisual integration during word reading and fluency in typically and atypically developing children with reading difficulties to track these abilities from birth and uses interventions to modify them. Dr. Horowitz-Kraus is also examining the effect of environmental factors on these abilities including screen exposure, home literacy environment and parent-child interaction. In addition to serving as an editor in several scientific journals, Dr. Horowitz-Kraus has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and is the principal investigator of several competitive grants focusing on child brain development regarding reading and language development. Dr. Horowitz-Kraus is the executive chair of education and communication in the Society of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Society (Flux), a board member of the International Mind Brain and Education Society and an active member in scientific societies focusing on child brain development, pediatrics, neuroscience, and reading.

Funding/Conflicts of Interest: Dr. Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus has nothing to disclose.