“Autism Science: From Research to Clinic and Back Again” is the topic of a welcome event this month for the new director of the 天美影院Autism Center, Wendy Stone. The event is a daylong symposium and discussion of ideas for integrating findings from diverse fields to better understand and treat autism.
The program takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 29, at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), 2700 24th Ave. East, Seattle. The event is free, but registration is required by Monday, Oct. 25, by calling the 天美影院Autism Center toll-free at 1-877-408-UWAC (8922). Coffee and lunch will be provided, and a reception follows in the Brinkley Gallery .
Pat Levitt of the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, will give the keynote address. The topic is, “Facing the Challenges of Clinical-Basic Translation for Autism Spectrum Disorders.”
Guest speakers and their presentations are:
Annette Estes, 天美影院Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences and 天美影院Autism Center: “Innovations in Early Autism Intervention: From Genes, to the Brain, to Behavior”
Jessica Sommerville, 天美影院Department of Psychology: “The Development of Action Production and Action Understanding in Infancy”
James McPartland, Yale Child Study Center: “Understanding Heterogeneity in Autism to Inform Treatment”
John Welsh, 天美影院Department of Pediatrics and Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children’s Research Institute: A Bidirectional Research Strategy to Address Autism Pathophysiology: Successes and Future Prospects”
Raphael Bernier, 天美影院Department of Psychiatry and 天美影院Autism Center: “Autism, Social Cognition and the Brain”
Wendy Stone, 天美影院professor of psychology, came to the 天美影院in May to direct the 天美影院Autism Center. Previously she was the director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Marino Autism Research Institute at Vanderbilt University. Her clinical and research interests are early identification and early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders. She is characterizing the behavioral features of autism that emerge in early childhood to understand how the disorder develops and how to prevent or attenuate its symptoms.
The symposium in her honor is sponsored by the Allen Edwards Endowed Lectureship in Psychology and the 天美影院Center on Human Development and Disability.