UCLA CART hosts an Autism Affinity Group Distinguished Lecture Series each academic year.

Where: Gonda First Floor Conference Room, Rm#1357 (unless otherwise noted). UCLA Campus Map

When: Every first or second Friday of the month

8:30AM Coffee

9:00AM to 10:00AM Scientific Lecture

10:00AM to 10:30AM Community Questions and Discussion: Members of the autism community can meet with the guest speaker, and obtain information about the CART research programs, including opportunities for autism families to participate in CART research.

All are Welcome! See Upcoming Events for more details, or download a pdf of the 2009-2010 Affinity Seminar Schedule.

Conference - Autism: Innovation Intervention Inspiration. Lunch included. C.E.U. credits available. For more information visit Vista Del Mar or download the flyer.
When: 8AM - 4PM, November 12, 2009
Where: Vista Del Mar Campus

Save the Date! UCLA CART 2nd Annual Symposium Autism Spectrum Disorders: Research Update and Evidence-Based Treatment Models
CART speakers to include: Drs. Geschwind, Bookheimer, McCracken, Kasari and Hutman. Registration details coming soon.
NRB auditorium (UCLA Campus Map)
December 4, 2009

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: UCLA CART Pilot Grant Recipient Dr. Josh Trachtenberg, UCLA.
January 8, 2010

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: UCLA CART Pilot Grant Recipient Dr. Carrie Bearden, UCLA.
February 5, 2010

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Bryan King, University of Washington.
March 5, 2010

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Janet Lainhart, University of Utah
April 2, 2010

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Pat Levitt, USC
May 7, 2010

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Wendy Stone, Vanderbilt University
June, 2010

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Drs. Lynn and Robert Koegel, UCSB Pivotal Response Treatment and Development in Autism: Infancy through Young Adult
Note Location Change - Semel Auditorium #C8-183. UCLA Campus Map
November 6, 2009

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Declan Murphy, King's College London. Translational Neuroimaging in Autism: What On Earth Does That Mean?.
October 9, 2009

UCLA CART Scientists Drs. Elizabeth Laugeson, Judith Piggot, and Jeff Wood featured speakers at The Help Group Summit, Skirball Center.
More Information and Registration
October 2 & 3, 2009

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Christopher McDougle, Indiana University. The Diagnosis and Pharmacotherapy of Autism.
June 5, 2009

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Tony Charman, Univ. College London, UK. The prevalence of autism: Recent evidence, outstanding questions and future challenges.
May 1, 2009

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: UCLA CART Pilot Grant Scientist Dr. Yi Sun. Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells To Study Autism-Spectrum Disorders.
April 10, 2009

UCLA CART Pilot Grant Scientist Dr. Janel Labelle,. Genes, Environment, Stem Cells and Autism.
Where: Gonda Center First Floor Conference Room - 1357 GONDA (UCLA Campus Map)
1:15PM, April 10, 2008.

UCLA CART, Autism Speaks, and the Nathanson Family Resource Center present UCLA CART Scientist Dr. Dan Geschwind. Advances In Autism Genetics: Towards A New Understanding.
R.S.V.P. to csjackson@mednet.ucla.edu; 310-794-9584.
UCLA Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium, Room 123 (UCLA Campus Map).
6:30 - 8:30 PM, April 20, 2009

Join the UCLA CART Walk Team for Autism Speaks Walk Now for Autism at the Rose Bowl. Register here.
April 25, 2009

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Joachim Hallmayer, Stanford University. The Phenotype of Autism: A Genetic Perspective.
March 6, 2009

Festschrift for Marian Sigman Translational Developmental Research and Childhood Disorders.
You may view the symposium program. If you are interested in the topics to be covered during this day long symposium, presentation handouts will be available online in the coming weeks. Please stay tuned to this website for updates. Location: UCLA Neuroscience Research Building (NRB Auditorium)
February 13th, 2009

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Nancy Minshew, University of Pittsburgh. Autism: From Men and Mice With Wise Comments From Mars.
February 6, 2009
Please Note Location Change:
The Seminar will be held in the Semel Institute Auditorium, Room C8-183
(UCLA Campus Map)

UCLA CART Scientists Drs. Susan Bookheimer, Daniel Geschwind, and Connie Kasari speak at 2009 Autism Research Conference Today's Autism Research: Tomorrow's Promising Outcomes.
This conference, sponsored by the Grandparent Autism Network, is intended to bring hope in the New Year to families affected by autism. It will feature UCLA's outstanding genetic, brain and social autism research and explain how families, professionals and autism service providers will benefit from the findings. If a family's children are consumers receiving services from any Regional Center, one family member may qualify for free admission with prior approval from their Regional Center Service Coordinator.
For more information, and video of the presentations, visit http://www.ganinfo.org/videos.aspx.
Location: Mariners Church - Worship Center, 5001 Newport Coast Drive, Irvine, CA 92603
Saturday, January 31, 2009

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Diane Chugani, Wayne State University. Application of Molecular Imaging in the Design of Interventions for Autism.
January 9, 2009

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Sally Ozonoff, UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute. How Autism Emerges: Insights from Retrospective and Prospective Studies.
December 5, 2008

UCLA CART Scientist Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson discussant at Friends of Semel autism lecture and film Today's Man. Admission is free but reservations required.
Location: James Bridges Theater in Melnitz Hall, UCLA.
Time: 6-8PM
November 12, 2008

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: UCLA CART Scientist Dr. Susan Bookheimer. Impaired reward systems in autism: A basis for social learning impairment?
November 7, 2008

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: UCLA CART Scientist Dr. Daniel Geschwind. Advances in Autism Genetics: How They Increase Our Understanding of Autism.
Note: This Affinity Group Seminar will be held in the UCLA Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium (UCLA Campus Map).
October 10, 2008

UCLA CART Scientist Dr. Connie Kasari presents the UCLA Child Psychiatry Grand Rounds on the topic of Isolation or involvement at school for children with autism
Time: 9AM
Location: Leif Conference Room, Medical Plaza 300, UCLA.
October 8, 2008

UCLA CART Scientists Drs. Connie Kasari and Elizabeth Laugeson featured speakers at The Help Group Summit, Skirball Center.
September 26, 27, 2008

UCLA CART Scientist Dr. Daniel Geschwind. Autism Genetics: From Gene to Brain to Cognition.
in the Gonda (Goldschmied) Neuroscience & Genetics Research Center 10th Anniversary Symposium "Progress In Understanding Genetic Diseases"
UCLA Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium (UCLA Campus Map)).
September 26, 2008

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: UCLA CART Scientist Dr. Judith Piggot. Emotion Attribution From Dynamic Facial Expressions In Individuals With ASD And Their First-Degree Relatives.
June 6, 2008

Neurogenetics Affinity Group Seminar: UCLA CART Scientist Dr. Rita Cantor, UCLA. Quantitative Trait Analyses to Identify Autism Genes
Where: Gonda Center First Floor Conference Room (UCLA Campus Map)
May 22, 2008

Autism Heroes: Meet Dr. Firestone, author of the book Autism Heroes, for a discussion and book signing.
Where: Marisa Leif Conference Room, 3200 UCLA Medical Plaza 300 Building (UCLA Campus Map)
May 1, 2008

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Sara Webb, University of Washington. Face processing in autism - a simple process gone awry?
May 2, 2008

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. David Amaral, University of California Davis, MIND Institute. Neurobiological and Neuroimmune Approaches to Understanding Autism
April 11, 2008 (This Affinity lecture held the second Friday of April).
Please Note Location Change:
The Seminar will be held in the Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium (NRB)
(UCLA Campus Map).

UCLA CART Scientist Dr. Liz Laugeson presents the Semel Institute Grand Rounds on the topic of Decoding Social Skills: Unlocking the Mysteries of Friendship for Teens with Autism
Time: 11AM
Location: The Louis Jolyon West Auditorium, C8-183, Semel Institute, UCLA.
March 11, 2008

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Alan Leslie, Rutgers University. The "Theory of Mind" Mechanism (ToMM) and the Autistic Triad
March 7, 2008

The Help Group: Distinguished Lecturer Series features UCLA CART Scientist Liz Laugeson and Sara McCracken speaking on "The Social World of Autism: Teaching Social Skills to Children and Adolescents with High Functioning Autism and Asperger's Disorder. More Information and Registration
March 3, 2008

Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics Lecture Sponsored by UCLA CART: "Aiming at an autistic animal - From the chromosome-engineered mouse for human 15q11-13 duplication" Toru Takumi, M.D., Ph.D. Head, Neuroscience Lab, Osaka Bioscience Institute, Japan.
Location: Gonda Center First Floor Conference Room, UCLA.
4-5PM, February 22, 2008

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Paul Patterson, Cal Tech. Immune involvement in autism: Etiology and animal models.
February 1, 2008

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen, University of Cambridge. The foetal androgen theory of neural sex differences and autism.
Note: This Affinity Group Seminar will be held the second Friday of the month.
January 11, 2008

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Ann Simon, UCLA CART Pilot Grant Scientist. New paradigm for studying social behavior in Drosophila (fruit fly): Exploring genetic basis of social deficits in autism.
Note: This Affinity Group Seminar will be held the second Friday of the month.
December 14, 2007

UCLA CART Autism Symposium - Autism 2007
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Research Update and Evidence-Based Treatment Models.
December 7, 2007

The Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA present The Open Mind: A Community Lecture Series. Lecture by Roy Richard Grinker, Ph.D.: What in the World is Autism? How Culture Shapes an Illness A panel discussion will follow the lecture. Joining Dr. Grinker on the panel will be UCLA CART Scientist Dr. James McCracken.
November 14, 2007

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Ed Cook, University of Illinois. Biochemical, Pharmacological and Genetic Studies of Autism.
November 2, 2007

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Robert Bilder, UCLA. Neuropsychiatric Phenomics.
Note: This Affinity Group Seminar will be held the second Friday of the month in the Louis Jolyon West Auditorium, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, Room #C8-183 (UCLA Campus Map)).
October 12, 2007

UCLA CART Scientist Bhavik Shah Featured Speaker at The Help Group Summit 2007: Advances and Best Practices in Autism, Learning Disabilities and ADHD.
Skirball Cultural Center
Friday, October 5th and Saturday, October 6th, 2007

The Help Group - UCLA Semel Institute On Asperger's Disorder: Summer 2007
Best Practices in Education - An intensive three-day, interactive workshop for educators and clinicians on best practices in educating children and adolescents with Asperger's Disorder. For more information, click here.
Wednesday July 18th - Friday July 20th, 2007

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson, UCLA CART Pilot Grant Scientist. Efficacy of an Evidence-based Parent-assisted Social Skills Intervention for Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorders
June 1, 2007

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Drs. Lynn and Robert Koegel, UCSB. Pivotal response treatments for children with autism.
May 11, 2007

UCLA CART Scientists Featured speakers at 6th International Meeting for Autism Research.

UCLA CART Scientist Dr. Susan Bookheimer presents the Semel Institute Grand Rounds on the topic of Neurobiological Basis of Social Communication in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Time: 11AM
Location: The Louis Jolyon West Auditorium, C8-183, Semel Institute, UCLA.
May 1, 2007

UCLA CART Scientist Dr. Pegeen Cronin invited panelist for Autism Event with Office of Assemblymember Karen Bass, District 47: Autism and Optimism: A forum to enhance our services and energize our advocacy. The Help Group.
April 25, 2007

UCLA CART Scientist Dr. Daniel Geschwind speaks at Tools For Transformation Autism Workshop.
April 21, 2007

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Jeffrey Wood, UCLA CART Pilot Grant Scientist. Developing Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for School-Age Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
April 6, 2007

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Eric Courchesne, UCSD. Autism in the Beginning: What Goes Wrong with Brain Growth and Function in the First Years of Life.
March 2, 2007

New Roads High School Open House. Santa Monica.
February 27, 2007

UCLA CART Scientist Dr. Susan Bookheimer will present a lecture on Frontal Lobe Contributions to Language Processing: Is Broca's Area Language Specific?
Location: Neuroscience Research Building Main Auditorium. (UCLA Campus Map).
3PM, February 28, 2007

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Ralph Axel-Mueller, UCSD and San Diego State University. Missing Blobs, Overgrowth, Underconnectivity: Imaging autism.
February 2, 2007

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Peter Mundy, University of Miami. Modifiers of the Expression of Autism in Higher Functioning Children.
January 5, 2007

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Stephen Von Tetzchner, University of Oslo. Communication Impairments in Girls with Rett Syndrome.
December 1, 2006

The American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry will be holding their 53rd Annual Meeting in San Diego CA, October 24-29, 2006 On Thursday, Oct 26 from 8AM to 11AM UCLA CART Scientists Drs. Mirella Dapretto and Connie Kasari will be speaking at a symposium on Advances in Autism: New Links Between Genes, Neurobiology, Behavior, and Treatment.
October 24-29, 2006

Cancelled UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Sara Webb, University of Washington. Endophenotypes in Autism: Insights from Electrophysiological Studies.
November 3, 2006

The Help Group Summit 2006: Topics on Autism, Learning Disabilities and ADHD.
Skirball Cultural Center
Friday, October 20th and Saturday, October 21st, 2006

UCLA CART Scientist Dr. Connie Kasari will present a lecture on Developing evidence-based practices of early intervention for children with ASD at the Autism Conference on Early Detection and Intervention in Infants and Young Children - from Neuroscience to Intervention. Kennedy-Kreiger Institute, Johns Hopkins University.
October 13, 2006

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Sally Rogers, UCDavis, MIND Institute.
View or download a copy of Dr. Rogers' presentation.
October 6, 2006

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Dr. James McCracken of UCLA CART. The Science of Treatment Matching is Coming to Your Doctor.
September 13, 2006

UCLA CART Scientists Susan Bookheimer, Fred Frankel, Connie Kasari, and Bhavik Shah speak at The Help Group-UCLA Semel Institute Asperger's Workshop. This is an intensive four-day workshop for teachers and education professionals. For more information, click here.
July 20 to 23, 2006

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Tristram Smith, University of Rochester. Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention for Children with Autism.
June 9, 2006

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Sarah Spence, UCLA CART. The Role of Epilepsy in Autism Spectrum Disorders.
May 5, 2006

Visit the UCLA CART table at the annual Cure Autism WALK NOW: Held in the Rose Bowl, a 5K Walk, Autism Community Resource Fair, and Family Fun Festival benefiting the Cure Autism Now foundation. This is a fun, yearly event. Don't miss it!
Saturday, April 22, 2006

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Caroline Magyar, University of Rochester.
Quality Educational Programming for School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders:
Program Development and Evaluation
April 7, 2006

Dr. Mirella Dapretto of UCLA CART appears as featured speaker at a program sponsored by the Foothill Autism Alliance: From Genetics to Mirror Neurons.
March 8, 2006

Dr. Jim McCracken of UCLA CART presents a lecture - Update on Medication, Treatment of PDD - at the Southwest SELPA "Best Practices in Autism" conference. The location will be the Hilton Hotel Southbay on Hawthorne Blvd in Torrance. For information on how to register for this conference, and more information about the program, click here.
March 10, 2006

Dr. Marian Sigman of UCLA CART presents a lecture on Predicting Developmental Gains in Children with Autism at the Trends in Autism:2006 conference sponsored by the Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation. The location will be the Los Angeles/San Gabriel Hilton. For more information contact info@casacolina.com.
March 11-12, 2006

The Autism Society of America Los Angeles Chapter presents the Second Annual Working Together for Autism Conference. For more information, visit their website.
February 23-25, 2006

The Cure Autism Now Science Lecture Series presents Dr. Pat Levitt, Vanderbilt University, speaking on A Primer of Brain Development for Parents and Professionals: Insights for Autism To register for this talk, and for more information, visit the CAN website.
March 2, 2006

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Pat Levitt, Vanderbilt University. Translational Research Approaches for Studying Autism: Convergence of Neurodevelopment and Genetics
March 3, 2006

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Eric Fombonne, Montreal Childrens Hospital. Autism and Immunizations: The Epidemiological Tale.
February 3, 2006

Dr. Mirella Dapretto of UCLA CART will present a Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds lecture on Functional Neuroimaging in Autism: Studies of the Mirror Neuron System: Advances in Autism Research.
January 25, 2006

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Helen Tager Flusberg, Boston University. Exploring language impairments in autism: psycholinguistic, neuroimaging and developmental perspectives.
January 6, 2006

Dr. Susan Bookheimer of UCLA CART presents a lecture on Functional Brain Imaging in Autism, as part of the Department of Pediatrics Departmental Research Seminar series. December 15, 2005

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Mirella Dapretto, UCLA CART. Understanding emotions in others: A dysfunctional mirror neuron system in autism?
December 2, 2005

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Daniel Geschwind, UCLA CART. Finding Autism Genes in Spite of Heterogeneity.
November 4, 2005

Nathanson Family Resource Center Autism Community Education Event. Presentations on "Getting an Autism Diagnosis - Then What?" and "Autism Myths - What We DO and DON'T Know".
Wednesday, November 2, 2005

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Patricia Rodier, University of Rochester. Embryology of Autism.
October 7, 2005

The Help Group Summit 2005: An in-depth 2 day conference on Autism Spectrum Disorders for professionals and parents.
Friday September 30, 2005 - Saturday October 1, 2005

Cure Autism Now Lecture Series: Dr. Sophia A. Colamarino, Cure Autism Now Foundation Science Director. Researching the Basic Biology of Autism.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Ami Klin, Yale University. Looking at and thinking about people: Eye-tracking studies of social visual pursuit in autism spectrum disorders.
June 3, 2005

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Stephanie White, UCLA. A Fox in the Finch Coop, or, Candidate Molecules For Vocal Learning.
May 13, 2005

Cure Autism WALK NOW: Los Angeles 5K Walk, Autism Community Resource Fair and Family Fun Festival benefiting Cure Autism Now.
April 16, 2005

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Martha Herbert, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Large brains in autism: Inflammation, white matter and connectivity.
March 4, 2005

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Cathy Lord, University of Michigan. Early Diagnosis of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders.
February 4, 2005

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Bryan Harry King, Dartmouth Medical School. Psychopharmacological Targets in Autism.
January 7, 2005

Magnetic Resonance Mapping and Spectroscopy in Autism: Jennifer Levitt M.D.
December 14, 2004

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Randi Jenssen Hagerman, UC Davis. Autism in Fragile X Syndrome: Lessons from Grandparents.
December 3, 2004

Seminar: Educating children with autism - Everything a parent should know.
November 6, 2004

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Alcino J. Silva, UCLA. Molecular and Cellular Cognition of Remote Memory Encoding in Cortical Circuits.
November 5, 2004

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. David Amaral, UC Davis. The Amygdala, Autism & Anxiety.
November 2, 2004

Rhythms of the Heart, a symposium for parents, teachers, and caregivers of special needs children.
October 16, 2004

The Help Group SUMMIT 2004 with talks by CART faculty Marian Sigman, Jim McCracken, and Susan Bookheimer.
October 8 and 9, 2004

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. J. David Jentsch, UCLA. Vasopressinergic Mechanisms in Cognition.
October 1, 2004

Lili Claire Parent Workshop: Exploring Living Options for young adults with disabilities.
August 7, 2004

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Judith Piggot, University of Glasgow. Emotion attribution from facial expressions and social reciprocity.
July 28, 2004

Dr. Peter Tanguay - Autism & Asperger’s Disorder Beyond DSM-IV.
May 18, 2004

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Catherine Stayer, National Institute of Mental Health. Childhood Onset Schizophrenia: 13 Years of Research.
May 3, 2004

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Antonio Hardan, University of Pittsburgh. Recent Developments in the Neurobiology of Autism: Focus on Increased Brain Size.
April 15, 2004

UCLA CART Affinity Group Seminar: Dr. Judith Grether. Autism Surveillance & Etiologic Research in California.
April 2, 2004

ASA Santa Barbara Chapter Annual Conference on Autism
April 1 & 2, 2004

Parent Workshop: Transition Planning For Teens With Disabilities
March 20, 2004

Autism and Complex Neuropsychiatric Disease
March 11, 2004