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Autism Science Foundation Interview
Annual Autism Speaks Greater Boston Walk
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 autism research. So far, we have raised over $1,000, so a HUGE shout out to everyone who has helped us so far! However, we can keep raising money until December, so if you have yet to donate and would like to offer something to the team, please click here
Research Staff and Students at the Annual Autism Speaks Walk, October 2011
Facepainting!!
Greater Boston Walk Now for Autism Speaks
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 and generating the vital funds required for autism research. So far, we have raised over $3,000, so a HUGE shout out to everyone who has helped us so far! However, we can keep raising money until December, so if you have yet to donate and would like to offer something to the team, please visit http://www.walknowforautismspeaks.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=347883&lis=1&kntae347883=4F8426F81E4446118FA6BA5A05532E96&supId=0&team=3912087&cj=Y
Also, our research wouldn't work without you, our families. So a big thank you to all those of you who signed up to take part in our current and/or future studies. If you didn't get a chance to sign up, but would like to, make sure you take a look at our Research page for more information.
We had a fabulous time meeting you and the face painting was a big hit! A big congratulations to those of you who raised money and completed the walk and a big thank you to those of you who volunteered and helped to make the day a fun-filled event! We can't wait to do it all again next year!
Research on infants at risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder or language impairment
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 families when the babies are 3 months old.
We have also received a gift from an anonymous donor that will provide funding to obtain genetic samples from interested families. We are partnering with colleagues at Children’s Hospital Boston and at UCLA in the analyses of the genetic data. We hope, ultimately, to be able to combine our behavioral, brain imaging and genetic information to enhance our goals of identifying risk markers for ASD or language impairment in the first year of life.
International Meeting for Autism Research
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.
The 2010 Williams Syndrome Association National Convention
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 to being at the next convention in 2012, which will be held in our home town of Boston!
Changes in the Lab
This summer we say goodbye to 3 of our wonderful research assistants: Leah Casner, Laura Kasparian and Christine Andre. They are all going off to graduate school, but fortunately will be staying in Boston. We welcome our new project coordinator for the infants at risk project: Kerri Downing.