
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs: Embracing Neurodiversity
Please join us and the award-winning author Giacomo Mazzariol share his wonderful heartwarming journey between two brothers, the younger with Down’s Syndrome.
Please register at: Conte@harvard.edu

Music & the Brain: From Health to Healing
How can music elicit emotion, guide movement, and promote social inclusion for individuals with ASD?
Featuring research presentations and a performance from Derek Paravicini.
View the event flyer here, and use the QR code to sign up!
Gift Celebration for the Tan-Yang Center for Autism Research at Harvard
Featuring presentations from HMS Tan-Yang Center faculty and posters by Eva-Tan Fellows, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students of the center labs.

Autism 101
April Levin, MD
Child Neurologist, Boston Children’s Hospital Autism Spectrum Center
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Moderated by:
David Ginty, PhD
Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School


Exploring Gut-Brain Signaling in Autism
Nov. 17 | 12:00 to 1:00pm EST
Lauren Orefice, PhD
Assistant Professor of Genetics, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Polina Anikeeva, PhD
Associate Investigator, McGovern Institute
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT

The Story of My Perfect Child: A Conversation About Autism with Scientists and Parents
Marina Viola
Author, The Story of My Perfect Child
and
Michela Fagiolini
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Associate in Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital

Autism Genetics, Cognition and Human Brain Evolution
Christopher A. Walsh
Bullard Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, Harvard Medical School;
Chief, Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children's Hospital;
Director, Allen Discovery Center for Human Brain Evolution;
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute