Dr. Harrop was recently in UNC Endeavor’s Research Uncovered series. The article discusses how she started her research and what she likes to do in her spare time (don’t judge her Bachelor viewing habit!). The article can be found here.
Dr. Harrop’s journey from postdoc to faculty via a $2000 pilot award was detailed as part of the series “2k ticket to success.” The article discusses how Dr. Harrop leveraged her 2k pilot into additional funding – first a $5000 Autism Science Foundation Award and then her CTSA-funded Career Development Award. The pilot award resulted … Read more
Dr. Harrop’s research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families with an autistic child was featured on the NC TraCS website. The article details our TraCS funded pilot award to follow families who previously participated in our studies to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on family stress and child behaviors. The article can be found here.
In October 2020, Dr. Harrop “matched” to the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin Madison as a visiting CTSA scholar. As part of the program, she will virtually visit UWM faculty and present Grand Rounds. The program was developed for CTSA-funded K scholars to promote networking during the time of COVID.
In September we welcomed Gabby Spinella to the lab. Gabby is a first-year master’s student in the SPHS program. She will be mostly working on our COVID-19 research project. Welcome Gabby!
Dr. Harrop was part of a panel at the “TraCS be nimble, TraCS be quick” event as part of the 2020 University Research Week. Dr. Harrop talked about our “rapid response” in securing our TraCS 2k to study the impact of COVID-19 on families with an autistic child.