The National Institutes of Health announced that they have awarded Dr. Helen Tager-Flusberg a grant of $10 million over five years, to establish an Autism Center of Excellence (ACE) at Boston University. The five year grant will fund several research projects specifically designed to address the question of why some individuals do not acquire spoken […]
Aaron Shield is the Principal Investigator for the Deaf Autism Project here at ROADD and this week we are excited to announce that his project is featured on the blog Autism Light!
After many years as the Lab of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, we have now changed our name to Research on Autism and Developmental Disorders, or ROADD for short! This title certainly seems more relevant to the research we carry out here at the lab! We hope that you find the name more family friendly, and I’m […]
International Society for Autism Research INSAR is the major professional, scientific organization devoted to advancing knowledge about autism spectrum disorders. Our growing organization offers the following benefits to members: 1) Organization of the annual International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR). Members of INSAR do not pay for submitting abstracts and receive a reduced registration fee […]
Dr. Tager-Flusberg in the News
On Sunday 2nd October 2011, ROADD joined more than 17,000 participants to take part in the Greater Boston Walk for Autism Speaks. This fundraising event is held annually across the United States and Canada and it continues to be paramount in raising awareness about the prevalence of autism and generating the vital funds required for […]
On Sunday 26th September 2010, the Lab of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience volunteered to join more than 17,000 participants to take part in the Greater Boston Walk for Autism Speaks. This fundraising event is held annually across the United States and Canada and it continues to be paramount in raising awareness about the prevalence of autism […]
We are delighted to announce that we have received 5 years of funding from the National Institutes of Health to continue our research on infants at risk! We have also received a grant from the Simons Foundation – to add exciting new brain imaging methods to our project, and to allow us to begin seeing […]
In May 2010 a large group of students and researchers from our lab attended the 9th annual IMFAR conference in Philadelphia. We presented 10 abstracts highlighting findings from different components of our autism research programs.
Our research team spent 5 exciting days at the Gateway to the Future convention held in July 2010 in St Louis, Missouri. We had the opportunity to test more than 35 children, adolescents and adults with Williams syndrome, providing us with the precious information we need to complete our current research studies. We look forward […]