End-of-Semester Social, May 2 | 4:30 - 6:30 PM | The Graduate Hotel
All CAN members are invited to celebrate the end of the semester at The Graduate! This includes faculty, postdoctoral researchers, students, and staff.
Upcoming events
CAN Research Center Fall Retreat, August 14 | 9 AM - 4 PM | USC Alumni Center
Join us for the annual CAN Research Center Fall Retreat! This gathering of CAN members will feature networking opportunities, updates about CAN Research Center next steps, and speakers. Breakfast and lunch will be provided!
External Speaker: Dr. Jeremy Veenstra-Vanderweele, September 5
Jeremy Veenstra-Vanderweele, MD, is a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Join us on September 5 to learn about his research!
CAN Research Center Science Meetings
We host 3 weekly science meetings each month for CAN Research Center members (faculty, trainees, undergraduates, staff). The goal of these meetings is to share and update each other on research progress -- including new findings, new or upcoming grant submissions, and a space to discuss research obstacles and successes.
All meetings are held virtually from 8:30-9:15am. Email [email protected] to learn more and attend!
Past Science Meetings: Spring 2024
Jan 27: Jane Roberts, PhD
Grant update and input
Jan 31: Robert Hock, PhD
Updates on research projects from lab members
Feb 7: Peter Duffy, PhD
Discussion about partnership with the USC Department of Theatre and Dance on a summer camp for autistic children.
Feb 14: Ana Pocivavsek, PhD
Preclinical sleep studies
Feb 21: Katie Wolfe, PhD
Teacher Data-Based Decision Making
March 13: Jessica Bradshaw, PhD
Attention, heart rate, infants, and Autism
March 22: Holley Arnold, PhD
Williams Syndrome
April 10: Abigail Hogan, PhD
Anxiety in Autism
Past internal science meetings
- 2023 April: Research Roundup
- 2023 March: SCAND Annual Meeting, hosted by CAN Research Center in Columbia
- 2023 February: Sips 'N Science meeting on "Quantifying Behavior"
- 2023 January: Dr. Sarah Edmunds, Dr. Caitlin Hudac
- 2022 December: Dr. Jessica Klusek, Dr. Pabi Sahoo
- 2022 November: Dr. Rob Hock, Dr. Dan Foster
- 2022 October: Dr. Liz Will, Manasi Agrawal
- 2022 September: Planning meeting
Visiting Scientist Seminar Series
The CAN Research Center invites eminent scholars in autism and neurodevelopmental disorders to share their research with the USC community.
Upcoming Seminars
September 5, 2024
Title TBD
Jeremy Veenstra-Vanderweele, M.D.
Suzanne Crosby Murphy Professor of Developmental Neuropsychiatry at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Director of the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI), and Columbia University
Past Seminars
April 4, 2023
"Epistasis and the Genetics Architecture of Quantitative Traits: Lessons From Drosophila"
Trudy Mackay, Ph.D.
March 17, 2023
"Social-Communication Biomarkers: Quantification and Qualification for Clinical Trial Improvement"
Sara Jane Webb, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Washington and Seattle Children's Research Institute
Associate Director and Director of Clinical Translational Core of UW's Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
March 3, 2023
South Carolina Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorder Consortium annual retreat
Hosted by CAN Research Center. Invited speakers including:
- Keynote speaker, Dr. Wendy Chung, Columbia University
- Dr. Robert Anholt, Clemson University
- Dr. Jory Fleming, University of South Carolina
September 19, 2022
"Early Detection of Autism"
Diana Robins, Ph.D.
Director and Professor, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute., Drexel University
April 7, 2022
"Increasing Access to Parent-Mediated Interventions for Autism in the Community:
Project ImPACT as a Case Example"
Brooke Ingersoll, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director of the MSU Autism Lab, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University
February 9, 2022
"mRNA Transport, Local Translation & Neurological Disease"
Gary J. Bassell, Ph.D.
December 8, 2021
"Measuring Anxiety in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder"
Lawrence Scahill, Ph.D.
February 9, 2021
Neurobiologically-Grounded Signatures of Autism in Infants
Kristina Denisova, Ph.D.
February 2, 2021
Effect of early-life immune activation on the ontogeny of learning: Importance for
understanding the etiology of neurodevelopmental disorders
Jaclyn M. Schwarz, Ph.D.
January 28, 2021
Hiding in Plain Sight? A Deeper Look at Females on the Autism Spectrum
Clare Harrop, Ph.D.
October 21, 2020
Progress in Biomarker Development in Autism
James McPartland, Ph.D.
February 20, 2020
Understanding (and Supporting) Autistic Girls Through Multi-Method Quantitative Phenotyping
Julia Parish-Morris, Ph.D.
February 11, 2020
Catch Me If You Can: Novel Mechanisms of Social Functioning and Intervention in Youth
with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Matthew D. Lerner, Ph.D.
February 10, 2020
Unraveling Mechanisms of Social Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Dr. Katrina Choe
February 5, 2020
Dimensions and Taxons: Catalyzing a New Frontier in Autism Research
Jed Elison, Ph.D.
February 2, 2020
Bridging the Gap from Genes to Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Dr. Benjamin Auerbach
January 28, 2020
Getting Answers from Babies About Autism
Mayada Elsabbagh, Ph.D.
January 21, 2020
Astrocyte-Neuron Communication During Synapse Development for Health and Disease
Dr. Isabella Farhy-Tselnicke
January 16, 2020
Translating EEG Biomarkers in Autism and Fragile X Syndrome: From Mice to Microstates
to Minocycline
Lauren Etheridge, Ph.D.
January 13, 2020
Local Protein Synthesis During Neural Development: implications for Health and Disease
Dr. Kristy Welshhans