Research
Distinguished Lecturer Series
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2005-06 Distinguished Lecturer Series 
Presenter: Charles Nelson, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Harvard University & Boston Children's Hospital
Date: May 10, 2006
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4PM Lecture: The Development and Neural Bases of Face Processing
4PM Length: 59:34
6PM Lecture: The Effects of Early Institutionalization on Brain and Behavioral Development: A Model System for Studying Neural Plasticity
6PM Length: 1:12:56
Presenter: Jan Buitelaar, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Radboud University - Nijmegen
Date: April 12, 2006
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4PM Lecture: Population Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Very Early Age: Findings, Prospects and Problems
4PM Length: 1:04:28
6PM Lecture: Population Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Very Early Age: Implications for Clinical Practice and Treatment
6PM Length: 1:01:24
Presenter: Uta Frith, Ph.D.
Affiliation: University College London
Date: February 8, 2006
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4PM Lecture: Autism and the Brain's Theory of Mind
4PM Length: 1:18:29
6PM Lecture: How Cognitive Theories Can Help Us Explain Autism
6PM Length: 1:07:34
Presenter: Margaret Bauman, M.D.
Affiliation: Harvard University & Massachusetts General Hospital
Date: January 11, 2006
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6PM Lecture: The Autism Spectrum Disorders: Beyond Behavior - Research and Treatment Implications
6PM Length: 1:40:11
Presenter: Eric Fombonne, M.D.
Affiliation: Montreal Children's Hopsital & McGill University
Date: December 14, 2005
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4PM Lecture: Autism and Immunizations: The Epidemiological Tale
4PM Length: 1:25:36
6PM Lecture: Autism: Have Child Immunizations Created an Epidemic?
6PM Length: 1:40:22
Presenter: T. Conrad Gilliam, Ph.D.
Affiliation: University of Chicago
Date: November 9, 2005
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4PM Lecture: Genetic and Genomic Mapping of Autism Loci
4PM Length: 1:10:57
6PM Lecture: Genomics, Pathways, and Disease Genes
6PM Length: 1:01:25
