Dr. Lukas Propper is an expert in Autism Spectrum Disorders who joined the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the IWK Health Centre and Dalhousie University as a Staff Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor in 2003. After being trained as a Fulbright Fellow by Dr. Fred Volkmar at Yale Child Study Center (2001 / 2002), Dr. Propper has developed his interests in the neurobiology and pharmacotherapy of autism. Together with Dr. Cheryl Gilbert MacLeod, he is currently conducting a pilot project on comorbidity of anxiety and depression in high-functioning school-age children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders, funded by the Dalhousie Psychiatry Research Fund. In addition to his clinical and research work in autism, Dr. Propper also collaborates on a multi-site high-risk study of the youth of parents with Bipolar Affective Disorder with Dr. Tomas Hajek and Dr. Claire O’Donovan (Dalhousie University), Dr. Martin Alda, and Dr. Anne Duffy (McGill University).

Current Research Interests:

• Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents with Autism
• Bipolar Affective Disorder in Children and Adolescents: High-Risk Study