Category: May 2021

Congratulations to graduate student, Jessie Goldblum, who received a Graduate Student Travel Award from the International Society for Autism Research to attend the 2021 virtual conference.  

In May, the Harrop lab presented three virtual posters at the 2021 International Society for Autism Research Conference which was due to be held in Boston. Graduate student, Jessie Goldblum, presented data from the National Survey of Child Health examining sex and race differences in the age of ASD diagnosis and frustration accessing services. Former...

Dr. Harrop will be presenting as part of a symposium on sex differences in autism at the 2021 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, held virtually this year. Dr. Harrop will present data from the lab’s eye-tracking studies alongside Dr. Donna Werling (UW Madison), Dr. Christine Nordahl (UC Davis), Dr. Dorothy Grice (Mount...

Dr. Harrop recently had an article published in Autism Research on the short-term trajectories of RRBs in minimally-verbal autistic children. The study stems from Dr. Harrop’s postdoctoral research at UCLA, with Dr. Connie Kasari. The profile of RRBs in this sample was different from previous samples Dr. Harrop has studied, with more verbal RRBs. Trajectories...

In May 2021, we said goodbye to two of our undergraduate Ras, Lunar and Brianna. Both are planning for graduate school: Brianna is currently in Paris for her Masters in Global Public Health. Thank you for all you have done in the lab, especially during COVID times. 

Dr. Harrop presented her research on sex differences in autism at the Eastern AHEC (Area Health Education Center) autism conference in May 2021. Dr. Harrop’s talk was attended by a range of health professionals, including speech therapists, social workers, and psychologists.  

Dr. Harrop, together with co-PI Dr. Brenna Maddox (TEACCH), were recently awarded a pilot award from the Foundation of Hope for their project “Biobehavioral Markers of Suicide Risk in Female Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum.” In this study, Drs. Harrop and Maddox will examine how two biomarkers, cortisol and heart rate...