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Dr. Judi Miller who is one of our lead investigators of the SAGA Study at CHOP presented data on the emerging mental health profiles of autistic males and females at the 2024 International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Conference in Melbourne! It was great to see our emerging findings presented...

Postdoc, Tyler McFayden, recently gave a talk at the Autism Research Institute on her recent publication highlighting a novel white matter-language connection in the right arcuate fascicules in infants who later are diagnosed with autism at 24 months. The webinar can be rewatched here.

Macey Johnson (’24) defended her Honors Thesis focused on the experiences of autistic students at UNC. She was awarded funding from the Honors Society to complete this research. Congrats Macey!

The Harrop Lab welcomes Kimberly (Kim) Liles as a new research assistant. During her undergraduate degree Kim worked as an undergraduate research assistant and HDFS Intern in the Harrop Lab. Kim is excited to continue to pursue her interests in studying masking and the experiences of late-diagnosed autistic individuals and...

Dr. Harrop and Dr. Wallisch (KUMC) were recently awarded a two year Eagles Autism Foundation to study eating behaviors in autism. Participants in the SAGA study will be invited to participate in this add-on study, which will include eye tracking, a snack task and food diaries. We are excited to...

Dr. Harrop presented to clinical psychologists across the state at the North Carolina Psychological Association 2024 Conference. During this webinar, Dr. Harrop discussed research surrounding sex differences and sex-related issues in autism and presented examples from our research.

The SAGA Study teams from both UNC and CHOP attended in the Meeting on Language in Autism (MOLA) conference hosted in Durham, NC. Lab members, Orla Putnam and Dr. Tyler McFayden, presented preliminary findings from the SAGA Study. It was great to catch up with the CHOP SAGA team in...

Fourth year doctoral student, Orla, recently defends her dissertation prospectus. She is officially a PhD Candidate and has one big step before Dr!

Dr. Harrop recently travelled to the midwest to give talks to two IDDRCs on our lab’s research on sex differences in autism. Dr. Harrop was hosted by the Waisman Center (University of Wisconsin, Madison) and the Hawk-IDDRC (University of Iowa).

Research Assistants Amanda Neal and Maia Karpinsky presented their posters at the Society For Clinical Psychology (APA Division 12) Inaugural Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Amanda presented her research on markers of executive functioning. Maia presented her research on autism-related TikTok content.