Dr. Barnes hold positions of Vice Chair of Research, UL Department of Neurology, Executive Director, UL Autism Center, Medical Director, Kentucky Autism Initiative in Treatment, Training, and Research (KAITTR), Spafford Endowed Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Co-Chair, KY Advisory Council on Autism Spectrum Disorder. He is a key member of UL Pediatric Epilepsy section and a board-certified attending pediatric epileptologist in the UL Pediatric Neurology Division. Dr. Barnes is a leading national investigator/authority in autism/epilepsy, genetics of autism/epilepsy, and neuroinflammation in neurodevelopmental disorders.