Distinguished Lecturer Series
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2006-07 Distinguished Lecturer Series

Presenter: Tony Charman, Ph.D.
Affiliation: University College London
Date: June 13, 2007
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4PM Lecture: Looking for Subgroups Amongst Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
4PM Length: 1:08:15
6PM Lecture: The Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Insights and Challenges
6PM Length: 1:16:55
Presenter: Leonard Abbeduto, Ph.D.
Affiliation: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Date: May 9, 2007
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4PM Lecture: Language Problems in Fragile X Syndrome: From Behavioral Phenotypes to Family Contexts
4PM Length: 1:11:47
6PM Lecture: Understanding the Communication Challenges of Youth with Fragile X Syndrome
6PM Length: 1:16:44
Presenter: Susan Bookheimer, Ph.D.
Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles
Date: April 11, 2007
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4PM Lecture: Neural Basis of Social Communication Deficits in Autism: Insights from Functional Imaging
4PM Length: 1:04:27
6PM Lecture: Understanding Emotions in Others: Brain Imaging of Social Communication in Autism
6PM Length: 1:03:04
Presenter: Joseph Piven, M.D.
Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Date: March 14, 2007
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4PM Lecture: Towards Defining the Autism Phenotype
4PM Length: 1:08:57
6PM Lecture: Imaging the Developing Brain: Insights into the Pathogenesis of Autism
6PM Length: 1:06:19
Presenter: Temple Grandin, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Colorado State University
Date: February 14, 2007
4PM Lecture: Exploring the Mind of a Visual Thinker: Thinking in Photo-Realistic Pictures
4PM Length: 1:06:52
6PM Lecture: My Experience with Autism
6PM Length: 1:19:12
Presenter: Lawrence Scahill, MSN, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Yale University
Date: January 10, 2007
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4PM Lecture: Designing Clinical Trials in Autism: Keep it Simple, Keep it Real
4PM Length: 1:09:40
6PM Lecture: Medication Treatment in Autism: What Really Works
6PM Length: 1:21:50
Presenter: Stephen J. Suomi, Ph.D.
Affiliation: National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
Date: December 13, 2006
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4PM Lecture: Aggression, Serotonin and Gene-Environment Interactions in Rhesus Monkeys and Primates
4PM Length: 1:06:42
6PM Lecture: Up-tight, Laid-back and Jumpy Monkeys
6PM Length: 1:00:40
Presenter: Arthur L. Beaudet, M.D.
Affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine
Date: November 8, 2006
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4PM Lecture: A Mixed Epigenetic/Genetic and DeNovo/Inherited (MEGDI) Model for Autism
4PM Length: 58:40
6PM Lecture: If the Incidence of Autism is Increasing, What Could be the Cause?
6PM Length: 56:44
Presenter: David L. Pauls, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital
Date: October 11, 2006
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4PM Lecture: The Genetics of Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome
4PM Length: 1:01:43
6PM Lecture: Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: What is the Relationship?
6PM Length: 1:09:54










