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Toddler palace may house clues to social skills in autism ⟩
November 12, 2016

Autism Chan in the Media Conferences Faculty Research

Dr. Barbara Thompson's research is highlighted at the 2016 Society for Neuroscience meeting

By Sarah Deweerdt/Spectrum News Palace keep: The amount of time a young child spends in a play castle may provide hints about her social motivation. A half-hour-long ‘playdate’ between a toddler and an adult could help answer a long-standing question about whether and how much a child with…

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Crafting a kinder chemo ⟩
September 22, 2016

Autism Chan in the Media Clinical Faculty Research

How changes in the environment might improve experiences during outpatient infusions

By Mike McNulty/USC Today A USC researcher suggests that settings in which chemo is delivered should be controlled. (Photo/iStock) There’s no such thing as peaceful chemotherapy. The anti-cancer drugs that attack the body’s dangerous cancer cells cannot discriminate from its healthy ones,…

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Could occupational therapy lead to a better night’s sleep? ⟩
September 12, 2016

Faculty Health and Wellness Lifestyle Redesign Research

By Mike McNulty Every occupational therapist knows that the foundation for living well includes a healthy daily balance between work, play, rest and sleep. But while therapeutic interventions often target patients’ habits, roles, routines and environments during waking hours, their combined…

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Nine Trojans publish in July/August AJOT ⟩
July 14, 2016

Alumni Faculty Lifestyle Redesign Research Students

By Mike McNulty Nine members of the USC Trojan Family are cited as authors across three new research articles published in the July/August issue of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy. Professor Sharon Cermak co-authored Atypical Sensory Modulation and Psychological Distress in the General…

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Friends with benefits in obesity research ⟩
June 29, 2016

Faculty Health and Wellness Research

New research shows how social and family relationships can improve adolescents’ obesity-related behaviors

By Mike McNulty As the saying goes, it’s not what you know, but who you know. And in the nation’s ongoing fight against obesity, the quality of social relationships with peers and family members might buffer the impact of neighborhood economic contexts. New findings published by USC researcher…

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USC Chan scientist using neuroimaging to advance autism research ⟩
April 8, 2016

Autism Faculty Research Technology

By Mike McNulty Stefanie Bodison ’92, MA ’93, OTD ’10 is the latest in a long line of USC experts, stretching back more than 50 years to former USC faculty emeritus A. Jean Ayres ’45, MA ’54 and her landmark theory of sensory integration, seeking to better understand the relationships…

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Could virtual reality neurofeedback help stroke survivors recover? ⟩
January 28, 2016

Awards Faculty Research Technology

USC researcher Sook-Lei Liew awarded two-year American Heart Association Innovative Research Grant to find out

By John Hobbs MA ’14 Virtual arm Imagine wanting to take a sip of your morning latte. To accomplish this task, your brain will send a signal that will pass from neuron to neuron all the way down your arm to your hand to your fingers, which will grasp the latte, bring it to your lips and, ah,…

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Who knew medical records had a ‘social life’? ⟩
January 13, 2016

Autism Awards Clinical Faculty Research

Two USC researchers show how paper records impact interactions with health care practitioners

By Mike McNulty/USC Today For more than a decade, electronic health records have been hailed as a means of improving health care quality, safety and efficiency. Yet in spite of the ongoing transition to electronic records throughout America’s health care system, two USC researchers are interested…

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Record-setting $3.1M NIH grant to improve dental experience for children with autism ⟩
June 10, 2015

Autism Awards Faculty Research

By Mike McNulty A five-year, $3.1 million-dollar National Institutes of Health research grant has been awarded to the USC Chan Division to further study an intervention which adapts sensory stimuli inside the dental office environment to decrease children’s anxiety and negative responses during…

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$2.1M NIH grant will use brain imaging to study autism deficits ⟩
June 8, 2015

Autism Awards Faculty Research Technology

By Mike McNulty A five-year, $2.1 million-dollar National Institutes of Health research grant has been awarded to the USC Chan Division to use neuroimaging technology to better understand the relationships between brain activity patterns and social and motor deficits exhibited by children with…

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