Capitol Hill, Rayburn Building, Gold Room #2168
45 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20515
9:00am – 10:30 - Continental Breakfast

Leo Chalupa, PhD – GW, Vice President for Research - Vision for the AND Initiative: Research, Treatment & Policy
Valerie Hu, PhD – GW, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – Biomedical Perspectives on Autism Research
Anthony LaMantia, PhD – GW, Director, Institute of Neuroscience – What We Learn from Animal Models
Judy Liu, MD, PhD - CNMC/GW, Epilepsy Tissue Studies
Donna Behrens, RN, MPH, BSN - GW, Associate Director for the Center for Health & Healthcare in Schools – Policy  Issues and Autism
Jennifer Frey, PhD BCBA-D – GW, Assistant Professor of Special Education – Role of Special Education in AND Initiative
Deborah Hirtz, MD – NINDS, Program Director, Office of Clinical Research – Comorbidity of Autism and Epilepsy
Susan Swedo, MD PhD - NIMH, Chief of Pediatrics & Developmental Neurosciences, Chairman of the DSM 5—Workgroup APA - Update on the DSM-5 Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder

GW Foggy Bottom Campus, Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21st Street NW, Washington DC 20052

Michele & Nelson Carbonell
Opening Remarks

Steven Knapp, PhD - GW, President
Closing Remarks

Dr. Leo Chalupa, PhD - GW, Vice President for Research
Opening Remarks
"AND Initiative - Why GW? Why Now?"

Program Moderator: Valerie Hu, PhD - GW, Autism Research, Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
“A Personalized Approach Towards Understanding, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Autism"
Anthony LaMantia, PhD - GW, Director for GW Institute for Neuroscience
“Copy Number Variants and Autism: Lessons from DiGeorge/22q11Deletion Syndrome”
Jennifer Frey, PhD, BCBA-D - GW, Assistant Professor of Special Education
“The Importance of Primary Social Communication Partners: Parents as Teachers of Young Children with ASD”
Donna Betts, PhD ATR-BC – GW, Assistant Professor, GW Art Therapy Program
"The Effectiveness of Art Therapy Treatment Interventions and Standardized Assessments for Clients with ASD"
Shelley Brundage, PhD – GW, Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director SPHR
"The Nature and Treatment of Stuttering in Persons with Autism"
Donna Behrens, RN, MPH, BSN, GW, Associate Director for the Center for Health & Healthcare in Schools
"Policy Issues and Autism"
Francys Subiaul, PhD - GW, Assistant Professor of Speech and Hearing
"Characterizing the Imitation Faculty: Insights into Typical and Atypical Socio-Psychological Development"