 Dawson also served on the NIH Consensus Panel on Phenylketonuria.Dawson has served on the NIH Child Psychopathology and Treatment Grant Review Committee, the NIMH Grant Review Biological and Neurological Subcommittee, and the NIMH Grant Review Committee for Behavioral Science.She also served on the steering committees for the NIH Collaborative Program of Excellence in Autism, the NIH Studies to Accelerate Autism Research and Treatment Program, and the NIH Autism Centers of Excellence Program.