Congratulations Dr. Clare Harrop on receiving Tenure! We are so excited to see your hard work and dedication recognized. Our lab had a great time celebrating Dr. Harrop’s accomplishments at a Taylor Swift themed Tenure party.
Dr. Judi Miller who is one of our lead investigators of the SAGA Study at CHOP presented data on the emerging mental health profiles of autistic males and females at the 2024 International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Conference in Melbourne! It was great to see our emerging findings presented down under!
Macey Johnson (’24) defended her Honors Thesis focused on the experiences of autistic students at UNC. She was awarded funding from the Honors Society to complete this research. Congrats Macey!
The Harrop Lab welcomes Kimberly (Kim) Liles as a new research assistant. During her undergraduate degree Kim worked as an undergraduate research assistant and HDFS Intern in the Harrop Lab. Kim is excited to continue to persue her interests in studying masking and the experiences of late-diagnosed autistic individuals and the impact of sex and … Read more
Dr. Harrop and Dr. Wallisch (KUMC) were recently awarded a two year Eagles Autism Foundation to study eating behaviors in autism. Participants in the SAGA study will be invited to participate in this add-on study, which will include eye tracking, a snack task and food diaries. We are excited to launch this new projects!
Dr. Harrop presented to clinical psychologists across the state at the North Carolina Psychological Association 2024 Conference. During this webinar, Dr. Harrop discussed research surrounding sex and gender issues in autism and presented examples from our research.
Fourth year doctoral student, Orla, recently defends her dissertation prospectus. She is officially a PhD Candidate and has one big step before Dr!
Dr. Harrop recently travelled to the midwest to give talks to two IDDRCs on our lab’s research on sex and gender in autism. Dr. Harrop was hosted by the Waisman Center (University of Wisconsin, Madison) and the Hawk-IDDRC (University of Iowa).
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 and gender 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 in autism. Her training is … Read more