Dr. Wall was selected to receive the the Slifka / Ritvo Innovation in Autism Research Award for outstanding achievement in clinical advancement of autism, and will be presented with this award at the international autism conference in Spain next week. The conference is the International Society for Autism Research's IMFAR 2013. Dr. Wall will be presenting at the conference as well.
We are working on creative ways to “light it up blue” this month. We have decorated our lab and dressed top to bottom blue on April 2nd for World Autism Awareness Day. Up next is blueberry cupcakes!
Aside from these events, we are proud of the progressive and productive year we have had here at the Wall Lab...
In a triage method under development by Dennis Wall, director of the Computational Biology Initiative at Harvard Medical School, parents answer seven questions about their child's behavior and submit a five-minute video taken during a playdate, birthday party or other everyday social situation. Three trained evaluators score each video for eight behaviors, including eye contact and imaginative play.
The Wall Lab has an opening for a web developer. The position is available immediately and involves the design of mobile and web-based health applications that make diagnostic processes more efficient. Successful applicants must have superior programming skills and web design capabilities.
Great news segment on the approaches we're working on. You can check it out here .
The process of diagnosing autism is complex, subjective, and often limited to only a segment of the population in need. With the recent rise in incidence to 1 in 88 children, the need for accurate and widely deployable methods for screening and diagnosis is substantial.
Excerpt from the editorial : "We will accept in Translational Psychiatry only outstanding work, which a couple of years ago would have been published in Molecular Psychiatry and it is not currently in that journal solely for space reasons. An invitation from us to submit to Translational Psychiatry represents formal recognition that the work has the highest levels of intrinsic merit, impact and relevance" read more here.
International Autism Awareness Day takes place on April 2nd this year. People around the world will be illuminating buildings in blue and organizing other activities to generate awareness of autism and its impact on families and communities. Visit LightItUpBlue.org for suggestions on how you can be a part.