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I-MAR 2025 Scientific Conference
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ANCAN Update: Prof. Ilan Dinstein
Keynote Lecture: Diagnosing autism in early childhood: Challenge and stability of diagnosis
Prof Alice S. Carter, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston
Session A
Session B
Session C
Session D
Tech Session
Session A: Risk Factors & Diagnosis
Sex specific trajectories of autism: from pregnancy to adulthood including gender related camouflage
Prof. Lidia Gabis
Psychological distress in autistic and non-autistic israeli children exposed to war and terrorism
Shir Shaked-Ashkenazi
Joint contributions of polygenic risks for autism and schizophrenia to the expression of autistic and psychotic phenotypes
Ahmad Abu-Akel
Characteristics of minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder before and after age five
Dr. Gat Salvadi Harussi
Urine metabolomic profiling and machine learning in ASD diagnosis: toward precision treatment
Dr. Shula Shazman
Session B: Behavior
Risk of injury in children with autism spectrum disorder with or without attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder - a retrospective cohort study of pediatric emergency department visits in israel
Prof. Aviva Mimouni Bloch.
Early joint attention abilities measured by the ADOS2 predict subsequent expressive language abilities in young autistic children
Moran Bachrach
Working Together: a longitudinal study examining differences in adaptive behavior and social communication between autistic and neurotypical employees
Yael Lousky
Cognitive abilities of autistic adults and intellectual disability in relation to age: accelerated development, stable progression, or continued age-related trajectories?
Hefziba Lifshitz
Quality of life and mental health in families of children with autism spectrum disorder during wartime
Nomi Werbeloff
Session C: Mechanism
Shank3 mutation impairs glutamate signaling and myelination in autism spectrum disorder models
Boaz Barak
A phenotype-based approach for prioritizing ASD genetic variants from whole-exome sequencing
Noam Levi
Deciphering Developmental-Aging Mechanisms in Cell Culture: Aberrant ADNP Cytoplasmic-Nucleat Crosstalk and NAP (Davunetide) Protection
Maram Ganaiem
Splicing regulation by WBP4 is critical for neurodevelopment and autism spectrum disorder
Ophir Geminder.
Distinct protein expression in umbilical cord blood of individuals with autism spectrum disorder
Dr. Omer Bar Yosef
Session D: Treatment
Examining the effect of parental involvement on child and parent outcomes in the peers for preschoolers (P4P) social skills intervention: a randomized controlled tria
Liron Oliver Aronson
Randomized controlled trial (RCT): the effectiveness of ot-parentship on parental resilience, self-determination and the functioning of autistic adolescents
Batel Wachspress
Safety and effectiveness of risperidone and methylphenidate in children with autism spectrum disorder
Vitaly Lubin
Family accommodation as a mechanism for RRB expression in autism: associations with child and parent characteristics
Dr. Judah Koller
Comparison of perceptions of autism and neurodiversity between autistic individuals their parents and child psychiatrists: a qualitative study
Dr. Ron Walfisch
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