So proud of our former post-doc Dr. Aaron Shield of Miami University and one of our current post-docs Dr. Karen Chenausky for being featured in the latest podcast by the Autism Science Foundation! They have both received funding to continue their work with deaf, autistic children and their understanding of language development. Learn more at: http://autismsciencefoundation.org/…/podcast-the-young-and…/
CARE Directer Helen Tager-Flusberg was recently interviewed for an article for Spectrum commenting upon the genetics of social gaze direction in fraternal and identical twins with autism. “This is probably one of the most exciting papers I have read in the last few months”, says Dr. Tager-Flusberg. To check it out go to https://spectrumnews.org/…/genetics-guides-gaze-social-int…/
Spectrum News recently featured the results from two publications that came out of the infant sibling/infant screening project at CARE. You can read about it here.
Two members of CARE, Priyanka Shah and Karen Chenausky received IMFAR travel grants! They had a great time at the 2017 conference. Read more about it here
Our Director Dr. Helen Tager Flusberg wrote column for The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI): “Lately I’ve been reading too many articles about scientific scandals. Whether it’s the high-profile retraction of a Science paper that supported equality for gays or the jailing of a former Iowa State University researcher who faked data on an […]
CARE’s very own Aaron Shield will be moving to Cincinnati Ohio this summer to start his new position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders at Miami University . We’re incredibly proud of Arron and excited for him. Congratulations!
Our center director, Helen Tager-Flusberg, posted a new blog for Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) titled “Better behavioral tests may save trials of autism treatments.” She also gave a webinar on language and autism for SFARI on Wednesday, April 29th. You can watch the webinar here.
Our director, Helen Tager-Flusberg speaking at the United Nations on April 2nd, Wolrd Autism Awareness Day, on the importance of scientific research on autism around the globe. You can view the full webcast of the event by clicking here.
Last week SFARI News highlighted lab alumnus Aaron Shield’s study on pronoun use in deaf children with ASD acquiring sign language. We’re very excited about the well deserved attention that Aaron’s work is getting! Click here to read more
Emily Browne, one of our participants in the ACE Brain Systems for Language study, is in the news! The BSL study aims to understand the range of language abilities and the brain systems that may contribute why people with Autism Spectrum Disorders have difficulties communicating with spoken language. Emily is one of our minimally verbal participants […]