Events

The Center for Autism Research is pleased to host a number of educational events for the community including workshops, open houses, and our Distinguished Lecture Series.


The 2009-2010 event dates are posted below. Events in red are open to the public; those which are blue are for faculty, employees and students at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania. Times and locations are subject to change. Please call our toll-free number, 1-866-570-6524, or email autism@email.chop.edu to RSVP or for more information.


DATE SPEAKER TOPIC TIME AND LOCATION
December 03, 2009 Laura Schreibman, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of the Autism Research Program,
University of California, San Diego
One Size Does Not Fit All: Research in Refining and Individualizing Behavioral Treatment of Autism 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Abramson Research Center, Room 123AB
December 03, 2009 Laura Schreibman, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of the Autism Research Program,
University of California, San Diego
Separating the Science and the Fiction of Autism 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Abramson Research Center, Room 123ABC
January 21, 2010 Larry Young, Ph.D.
William P. Timmie Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry,
Emory University School of Medicine
Molecular Neurobiology of Social Cognition and Bonding: Implications for Autism Spectrum Disorders 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Stokes Auditorium
February 10, 2010 Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, M.D.
Chief, Developmental Disabilities Branch, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
7:00 pm – 9:00 am
Abramson Research Center, Room 123ABC
February 11, 2010 Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, M.D.
Chief, Developmental Disabilities Branch, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Abramson Research Center, Room 123C
February 24, 2010 Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D.
Chief Science Officer,
Autism Speaks
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Abramson Research Center, Room 123ABC
February 25, 2010 Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D.
Chief Science Officer,
Autism Speaks
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Abramson Research Center, Room 123C
March 04, 2010 Janine LaSalle, Ph.D.
Professor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Rowe Program in Human Genetics,
University of California, Davis
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Stokes Auditorium
March 11, 2010 Daniel McIntosh, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Psychology,
University of Denver
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Stokes Auditorium
March 24, 2010 Evdokia Anagnostou, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics,
University of Toronto
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Abramson Research Center, Room 123ABC
March 25, 2010 Evdokia Anagostou, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics,
University of Toronto
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Abramson Research Center, Room 123C
April 01, 2010 James McPartland, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist and Associate Director, Developmental Electrophysiology Laboratory,
Yale Child Study Center
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Abramson Research Center, Room 123C
April 08, 2010 David Amaral, Ph.D.
Director of Research,
UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Stokes Auditorium
April 08, 2010 David Amaral, Ph.D.
Director of Research,
UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Abramson Research Center, Room 123ABC
April 15, 2010 Eric Courchesne, Ph.D.
Director,
Center for Autism Research at Children's Hospital San Diego
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
NW, Room 17, 18 & 21
April 22, 2010 Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, M.Sc., M.D.
Co-director, Autism Research Centre, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital,
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Stokes Auditorium
April 22, 2010 Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, M.Sc., M.D.
Co-director, Autism Research Centre, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital,
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Abramson Research Center, Room 123ABC
April 29, 2010 Randy Blakely, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Molecular Neuroscience,
Vanderbilt/NIMH Silvio O. Conte Center for Basic Neuroscience Research
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Stokes Auditorium
May 13, 2010 Jocelyne Bachevalier, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology,
Emory University
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Stokes Auditorium
May 27, 2010 Tristram Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics,
University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Abramson Research Center, Room 123C
May 27, 2010 Tristram Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics,
University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Abramson Research Center, Room 123ABC

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