The next Distinguished Lecturer Series will begin in October 2009. 

• Archived DLS Lecture Videos

Adele Diamond, Ph.D.
University of British Colombia

• 4 p.m. Prefrontal Cortex and Developmental Neuropsychology:
  Genetic and Environmental Influences
• 6 p.m. Cognitive Control in Young Children and Ways to Improve It
  2008-09 Distinguished Lecturer Series

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Thomas Bourgeron, Ph.D.
Institut Pasteur

• 4 p.m. Synaptic and clock genes in autism spectrum disorders
• 6 p.m. Toward a better understanding of the genetic susceptibility
  to autism spectrum disorders

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Andrew W. Zimmerman, M.D.
Kennedy Krieger Institute

• 4 p.m. Effects of fever in autism: clues to pathogenesis and treatment
• 6 p.m. The “fever effect” and search for the Holy Grail in autism

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Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, M.D.
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC

• 4 p.m. The epidemiology of autism: a global perspective
• 6 p.m. Autism spectrum disorders: perspectives on
  surveillance, research, and early intervention

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John L.R. Rubenstein, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco

• 4 p.m. Patterning in the frontal cortex
• 6 p.m. Insights into developmental mechanisms that
  contribute to neuropsychiatric disorders

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Pat Levitt, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University

• 4 p.m. Translational studies on the MET tyrosine kinase
  receptor system in the autisms
• 6 p.m. Where are we with the autisms: an update on
  genetics and neuroscience advances

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Susan E. Levy, M.D. 
University of Pennsylvania and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

• 4 p.m. Are complementary and alternative medical treatments
  for children with autism evidence-based?
• 6 p.m. How do or should parents and caregivers choose treatments
  for children with autism?

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Eric Hollander, M.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

• 4 p.m. Neuropsychopharmacology of social deficit and
  repetitive behavior domains in autism spectrum disorder
• 6 p.m. New developments in autism disorders

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Ann M. Graybiel, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• 4 p.m. Learning and memory mechanisms of the basal ganglia
• 6 p.m. Our habitual lives: how the brain makes and breaks habits

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