Carla J. Shatz (ur. 1947) – amerykańska neurobiolog, członkini Amerykańskiej Akademii Sztuk i Nauk, Amerykańskiego Towarzystwa Filozoficznego, National Academy of Sciences i National Academy of Medicine.
Jako pierwsza kobieta uzyskała doktorat z neurobiologii na Uniwersytecie Harvarda.
Publikacje (wybór) 1984: Prenatal development of individual retinogeniculate axons during the period of segregation 1989: Subplate neurons pioneer the imię axon pathway from the cerebral cortex 1990: Requirement for subplate neurons in the formation of thalamocortical connections 1991: Synchronous bursts of action potentials in ganglion cells of the developing mammalian retina 1992: Involvement of subplate neurons in the formation of ocular dominance columns 1995: Early functional neural networks in the developing retina 1996: Synaptic Activity and the Construction of Cortical Circuits 1998: Competition in Retinogeniculate Patterning Driven by Spontaneous Activity 1998: Activity-Dependent Cortical Target Selection by Thalamic Axons 1999: Dynamics of Retinal Waves Are Controlled by Cyclic AMP 2000: Functional Requirement for Class I MHC in CNS Development and Plasticity 1991: Development of the Visual System 2002: An Instructive Role for Retinal Waves in the Development of Retinogeniculate Connectivity 2003: Role of Subplate