John Colombo, PhD

John Colombo is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies. For the past 35 years, John has conducted research on individual and developmental differences in attention and their consequences for long-term developmental outcome in typically-developing and at-risk populations of infants, toddlers, and children. Work in his laboratory has identified potential early biobehavioral markers of autism and attention deficit disorders, and his team has been integral to the inclusion of lipids and MFGM in infant formula over the last 20 years.