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1521 Introduction to TGRI: Education for our New Roles as Science Creators


Saturday, July 25, 2009
New Orleans Ballroom (Pheasant Run Resort and Conference Center)
How can the tremendous family knowledge of a person with autism enhance autism treatment and research? Explaining the kinds of learning processes we need to go through to take on this new TGRI project together. Database, Knowledge Base and Reference Base concepts and plans for use.

Martha R. Herbert, Ph.D., M.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurology (Pediatric)
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Martha R. Herbert is a pediatric neurologist researching large brains and changes in brain function in autism, functional changes in systemic metabolism and their potential relation to brain, and systems models of autism. Other presentations include ASA (2006 keynote), Institute of Medicine, Society for Neuroscience, Child Neurology Society, and Neurotoxicology.


Brenda Smith Myles, Ph.D.
Chief Program Officer
Autism Society of America

Brenda Smith Myles, Ph.D., is Chief Program Officer at the Autism Society of America. The recipient of the 2004 ASA Outstanding Professional Award, she has written numerous publications on Asperger Syndrome and autism including The Hidden Curriculum and Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence: Practical Solutions for School Success (with Adreon), the winner of the 2002 ASA Outstanding Literary Work. She is on the executive boards of several organizations, including the Organization for Autism Research and she was acknowledged as the second most productive researcher in ASD in the world from 1997 to 2004.