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Autism
Expert Lectures on Multisensory Integration ⟩
January 23, 2012
Autism Chan in the Media Lectures and Talks
On Friday, January 13, in conjunction with USC's Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, the Division hosted Mark Wallace PhD, Director of the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, and Professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, for his seminar entitled…
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Clark Named to State’s Autism Advisory Task Force ⟩
January 13, 2012
Associations and Bodies Autism Faculty
Associate Dean and Professor Florence Clark PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, was recently selected to the State of California's Autism Advisory Task Force to review evidence-based interventions and determine the necessary qualifications, training, and supervision of providers. In October 2011, California became…
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Grant Awarded to Study Sensory Adapted Dental Environments ⟩
October 12, 2011
Autism Awards Chan in the Media Clinical Faculty Research
Division Professor Sharon Cermak and a team of co-investigators at USC and Children's Hospital Los Angeles were recently awarded a two-year grant, totaling over a half million dollars, by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. The "Sensory Adapted Dental Environments" grant will…
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Occupational Therapy Students and Faculty Share Research ⟩
April 5, 2011
Autism Chan in the Media Events Faculty Lectures and Talks Lifestyle Redesign Research Students
USC Occupational Therapy's chapter of Pi Theta Epsilon sponsored the Occupational Therapy Research Day on March 28 to showcase current research being conducted in the Division. Read more at Occupational Therapy Students and Faculty Share Research.
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Food Selectivity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders ⟩
April 29, 2010
Dr. Sharon Cermak and a team of experts explore food selectivity in children with autism spectrum disorders in recently published articles from the Journal of the American Dietetic Association and the Journal of Pediatrics. Bandini, L. G., Anderson, S. E., Curtin, C., Cermak, S. A., Evans, E. W.,…
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$1.25 million Autism Grant ⟩
October 22, 2009
Autism Awards Faculty Research
Olga Solomon PhD, Research Assistant Professor, received a NIH grant for $1.25 million to study Autism in an urban context. This two year multi-method, ethnographic research project examines health and service disparities in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis of African American children…
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