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1546 Biomedical/Behavioral Integration: Collaborative Opportunities to Advance the Field


Saturday, July 25, 2009
New Orleans Ballroom (Pheasant Run Resort and Conference Center)
How will collaboration enhance knowledge and optimize treatments? Biomedical/behavioral knowledge integration helps address the complex nature of autism, highlights the value of single subject research methodology in real world medical practice, and emphasizes the important role that physicians can play in creating a meaningful database that can guide future research.

Edward G. Carr, Ph.D., BCBA, (in memorial)
Leading Professor
State University of New York

For 35 years, Edward Carr has focused on developing new behavioral treatments for people with autism and was one of the co-developers of Functional Behavioral Assessment and Positive Behavior Support, both endorsed in the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. Other conference presentations include ASA (2007 Keynote), AAIDD, APA, TASH, ABA.


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.