Bringing objective reflex-based measures to autism assessment

BlinkLab is developing smartphone technology designed to support clinicians in the assessment of autism.

BlinkLab's Mission

Autism evaluations depend heavily on clinical observation, which is inherently subjective and leads to variability across clinicians and sites.

BlinkLab is changing that by introducing an AI-powered, smartphone-based diagnostic tool with objective, reflex-based measures that reduce reliance on observation-based assessment alone. With this diagnostic aid, designed for comfortable at-home use, specialists can identify autism much earlier and more accurately.

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BlinkLab collaborates with leading institutions across Australia, Europe, and the United States.

How does it work?

Our app is designed to identify early signs of autism in young children using your smartphone. During this simple at-home experience, we observe your child's natural reactions to specific audio cues while watching three short, engaging videos. We will guide you through the four easy steps.

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Intake

This step takes 15 minutes

Our team will be in touch with you to walk you through the process and make sure you're all set up. They will show you around the app and ask you a few questions regarding your child’s autism journey.

BlinkLab app page in the App Store showing app icon, rating of 5 stars, age 4+, category Medicine, and version 1.3.1 with performance improvements and bug fixes.

Download our app

This step takes 2 minutes

Our team will make sure you have access to our app, which can be downloaded from the Apple App Store.

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Your child watches 3 child-friendly videos

5–15 minutes per video

Once logged in, your child will watch a video that is tailored to be fun and engaging. During these videos, brief audio cues will be played that elicit natural responses. Our app can record these responses.

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Receive $200 as a thank you

As a token of appreciation for your time and involvement, receive a $200 gift card.

The BlinkLab Team

BlinkLab is a diverse team of neuroscientists, software developers, medical doctors, and other experts. Together, we work to advance the assessment of neurodevelopmental conditions.

Management
Research Team
Board
Scientific Advisory Board

Myrthe Ottenhoff, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer

Sophie Linotte, MA

Executive Assistant

Bas Koekkoek, PhD

Chief Quality and Regulatory Officer | Co-Founder

Peter Boele, MA

Chief Technology Officer | Co-Founder

Lara Ruules, MSc

Clinical Adoption and Strategy Lead

Vera Kuhnke, MSc

Research Assistant

Morgann Dettingmeijer, MSc

Research Assistant

Shehani Jayalath, MSc

Research Manager

Seth Sherry, BS

Director of Operations

Emily Soong, MSc

Clinical Research Manager and FDA Regulatory Lead

Lotte Roggeveen, MSc

Clinical Research Manager

Anton Uvarov, MBA, PhD

Executive Director | Co-Founder

Brian Leedman, MBA

Non-Executive Chairman

Richard Hopkins, PhD

Non-Executive Director

Henk-Jan Boele, MD, PhD

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer | Co-Founder

Abdeslem El Idrissi, PhD

Professor, College University New York

María Vinueza-Veloz, MD, PhD

Autism Researcher, University of Oslo

Chris de Zeeuw, MD, PhD

Professor, Erasmus University Medical Center | Co-Founder

Sam Wang, PhD

Professor, Princeton University | Co-Founder

Javier Medina, PhD

Professor, Baylor College of Medicine

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Discover how BlinkLab can support your own research

Our innovative technology can be used to assist with large-scale remote neurobehavioural testing, making it easy to study neurodevelopment conditions, as well as psychiatric and neurological conditions.

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