Joachim Kapalanga, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACMG, DABP, DABMGG, is a physician-scientist who is an Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at Schulich School of Medicine, and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at McMaster University.  Dr. Kapalanga’s current scholarly and research pursuits are in the epigenetics of neurodevelopmental disorders. He has observed that a certain behavioral endophenotype characterized by impaired executive function, emotional regulation, cognition, learning and social adaptation is shared by certain neurodevelopmental disorders including attention deficit hyperactivity  disorder, autism spectrum disorder, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and fragile X syndrome. He is currently exploring the underlying shared molecular mechanisms that could explain the shared behavioral endophenotype. He has published and presented his research at international conferences over the past fifteen years.