News

Dr. Harrop was on of the invited speakers at the 14th Annual Insights to Autism hosted by the Eastern Virginia Medical School. She presented our lab’s work on sex differences in autism to researchers and clinicians from across Virginia. Thank you EVMC for the invite!

4th year graduate student, Orla Putnam (SPHS), was awarded her 2nd predoctoral fellowship! She received a prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31) from NIDCD to support her doctoral dissertation work. This award will support additional training and mentoring related to language development and eye tracking...

Sarah Harris joined the lab in January 2024 as our HDFS Intern. As part of her program, Sarah will spend a semester on internship in our lab working across studies. We are excited to have you join the team!

The Harrop Lab welcome four new undergraduate research assistants in January 2024. Welcome Sara, Amelia, Tara and Katie!

Dr. Harrop was one of the invited speakers at the 2023 UNC TEACCH Autism Conference. The focus of the conference was Diversity in Autism and Dr. Harrop presented on females on the autism spectrum.

The Harrop Lab welcomes a new research assistant, Sophie Bittner. Sophie will be working as a research assistant on the Harrop Lab’s Connections+ study with autistic older adults. Prior to her work in the Harrop Lab, Sophie worked in the Cohen Lab at UNC studying network integration and executive functioning...

Dr. Harrop was recently part of a team of experts, including researchers, clinicians, parents and self-advocates, highlighting the challenges for autistic females, spanning pre-diagnosis, research gaps to clinical supports. The article, led by Dr. Lai, was published in Lancet Psychiatry

The Harrop Lab welcomes first year doctoral students Margaret (Mags) McAllister and Alison (Sonny) Russell! Mags is a doctoral student in Speech and Hearing and is interested in studying personal and communicative functions of echolalia and repetitive behaviors for autistic individuals. Sonny is a doctoral student in Developmental Psychology and...

1st year doctoral student, Mags McAllister (SPHS) was appointed to Royster Society of Fellows at UNC. This prestigious fellowship provides Mags with additonal funding, resources, and training during her doctoral program and beyond. A well-deserved honor!

Dr. Harrop, together with Drs. Chan and Klinger, were recently awarded a two year R21 award from NIMH to examine how social connections associate with suicidal thoughts and behaviors in older autistic and non-autistic adults. This project extends our recently completed OAR-funded study and will include GPS/GIS tracking, daily dairies...