[BIC-announce] FW: [ACEs] Autism Speaker - April 1, 2009 at 1:30 pm - Montreal Neurological Institute, de Grandpre Communications Center - Early development in autism: insights from prospective studies of high-risk infants

[Jennifer Chew, Ms.]

Speaker:

Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, MD, FRCP(C)
AHFMR Health Scholar
Co-director, Autism Research Centre
Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics University of Alberta



Biosketch

Dr. Lonnie Zwaigenbaum completed his pediatric training at Queen's
University, and his clinical fellowship in developmental pediatrics at
The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He completed a research
fellowship and Masters Degree in Health Research Methodology at McMaster
University.
Dr. Zwaigenbaum's research focuses on early behavioral and biological
markers, and early developmental trajectories in children with autism
and related disorders. He currently holds an Alberta Heritage Foundation
for Health Research (AHFMR) Health Scholar and Canadian Institutes for
Health Research (CIHR) New Investigator Award. Dr. Zwaigenbaum is
currently Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the
University of Alberta, and the Co-director of the Autism Research Centre
based at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital.  He is also an editor for
Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice.



Presenter: Lonnie Zwaigenbaum MD

Title: Early development in autism: Insights from prospective studies of
high-risk infants

Abstract: Prospective studies of high-risk infants have provided a new
window into early development in autism spectrum disorders (ASD),
yielding new insights into early behavioural markers, developmental
trajectories (including regression), and the interface between ASD and
the broader autism phenotype. This presentation will review the latest
findings from 'baby sibs' research in ASD, with special reference to the
Canadian Infant Sibling Study, which currently includes over 400
participants.
Implications for neurobiological research in autism will be discussed.

Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Time: 1:30 pm
Place: de Grandpre Communications Centre - Montreal Neurological
Institute




Rosanne Aleong, Ph.D
McConnell Brain Imaging Centre
Montreal Neurological Institute
3801 University Street
Webster Pavilion 2B, Room #208
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 2B4
Telephone: 514-398-5220
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