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AUTISM
Genes and the
Environment
Program
 
SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
 
Thursday, October 3, 2002
8:00 am Registration/Continental Breakfast/Posters
8:30 am Welcome and Introduction
Stuart D. Cook, MD
President, University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey
Harold L. Paz, MD
Dean, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Joseph J. Seneca, PhD
Vice President for Academic Affairs,
Rutgers, The State University of
New Jersey
James E. McGreevey
Governor, State of New Jersey
Kenneth Olden, PhD
Director, National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences
   
Introduction to Autism
Moderators: Xue Ming, MD, PhD and Audrey E. Mars, MD
9:00 am General Introduction to Autism
Rebecca Landa, PhD, CCC-SLP
9:30 am Parent Perspective on Children with Autism
Charles T. Gordon, PhD
10:00 am Coffee Break/Posters
10:15 am Epidemiology of Autism and Related Factors
Eric Fombonne, MD
10:45 am Childhood Exposure to Environmental Toxicants
Paul J. Lioy, PhD
11:15 am Panel Discussion; Question and Answer Session
11:30 am Lunch/Posters
   
Basic Neurobiology of Autism
Moderators: Charles N. Cartwright, MD and George C.Wagner, PhD
12:30 pm Overview of Brain Development
Richard S. Nowakowski, PhD
1:00 pm Neuropathology of Autism
Margaret L. Bauman, MD
1:30 pm Neural Imaging and Autism
Eric Courchesne, PhD
2:00 pm Animal Models of Autism
David G. Amaral, PhD
2:30 pm Panel Discussion; Question and Answer Session
2:45 pm Refreshment Break/Posters
   
Etiological and Potential Contributory Factors
Moderator: Michael Gochfeld, MD, PhD
3:00 pm Material Viral Infection Leads to Altered Behavior of Adult Offspring
Paul H. Patterson, PhD
3:30 pm Environmental and Iatrogenic Factors
Patricia M. Rodier, PhD
4:00 pm Fetal Pesticide Exposure and Serotonin System Development
Jean M. Lauder, PhD
4:30 pm Role of Host Immune Response in CNS Viral Infection
Glenn F. Rall, PhD
5:00 pm Panel Discussion; Question and Answer Session
5:15 pm Adjourn
   
Friday, October 4, 2002
8:00 am Registration/Continental Breakfast/Posters
8:25 am Announcements
   
Etiological and Potential Contributory Factors (continued)
Moderators: Walter M. Zahorodny, PhD and Herbert Lowndes, PhD
8:30 am Genetic Factors in Autism: Genes and Environment
Susan E. Folstein, MD
9:00 am Environmental Neurotoxicants and Brain Development
Emanuel M. DiCicco-Bloom, MD and Kenneth R. Reuhl, PhD
9:30 am Effects of Environmental Factors on Intracellular Signaling
Isaac N. Pessah, PhD
10:00 am Coffee Break/Posters
10:15 am Exploring the Link: Toxicant Exposure / Therapeutic Studies in the Child with Autism: A Gordian Knot That Must Be Untied
George H. Lambert, MD
10:45 am Environmental Signals and Brain Plasticity
Michael M. Merzenich, PhD
11:15 am Panel Discussion; Question and Answer Session
11:45 am Awards Presentation for Outstanding Posters
12:00 pm Adjourn

PARENT/SCIENTIST OPEN FORUM & MIXER

Thursday, October 3, 2002
6:30 pm Registration/Refreshments
7:00 pm Welcome and Introductions
   
We Are Here to Learn
Moderators: George H. Lambert, MD and Paul A. Potito
7:15 pm Report to Community M.I.N.D. Institute, UMDNJ, COSAC, Schools, Pharmaceutical Industry, Government (NIH)
7:45 pm Collaborative Question and Answer Session and Interaction Between
Parents, Researchers and Health Care Professionals
9:00 pm Adjourn

 

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