{"id":2289,"date":"2023-04-18T10:54:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T14:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/aaset-sp\/?page_id=2289"},"modified":"2026-01-30T11:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:46:10","slug":"study-staff-training-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/aaset-sp\/our-research-team\/study-staff-training-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Staff Training Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<strong>Study Staff Training Team<\/strong> is a group of autistic and non-autistic researchers. This team\u2019s goal is to contribute to the development and implementation of virtual training for all study staff. 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