Monthly seminars provide a venue for learning about research and clinical innovations, as well as for gathering as a community to hear about ongoing and upcoming projects. Speakers at our seminar have included experts in ASD and related neurodevelopmental disorders from around the university and the country. These seminars are open to the broader community.
Past Seminars:
Dr. Judah Koller
Parents as mediators of symptomatology
14/05/2019
Dr. Anat Perry
Brain and empathy - how do we understand others?
08/04/2019
Dr. Adi Aran
The endocannabinoid system in Autism Spectrum Disorder
19/03/2019
Dr. Inna Fishman
In search of an early brain signature of autism
15/01/2019
Prof. Asher Ornoy
Prenatal risk factors for autism in humans: What animal models have to contribute to understanding mechanisms and prevention
11/12/2018
Prof. Merav Ahissar
Comparison between perception in autism and dyslexia
20/11/2018
Dr. Floring Uzefovsky
Cognitive and emotional empathy in autism and the distinction between the self and the other
06/11/2018
Dr. Tamir Epstein
Autism in adulthood: current knowledge and future directions
26/06/2018
Dr. Yoram Bonneh
Autism as a regulatory disorder
22/05/2018
Dr. Maayan Davidov and Yael Paz
24/04/2018
Prof. Nirit Bauminger-Zviely
School-Based RCT Peer Social Intervention (S-PSI) for Minimally Verbal Children with ASD (MVASD)
23/01/2018
Prof. Ariel Knafo- Noam
05/12/2017
Dr. Itai Berger
Processing Speed as a marker to stimulants effect in Autism
07/11/2017
Ms. Esti Ben David, Dr. Roni Lottner and Ms. Lilian Shafran
20/06/2017
Dr. Rachel- Shlomit Brezis
Perception of self in autism: personal narratives, the brain and culture
23/05/2017
Dr. Salomon Israel
The genetic structure of ASD: Possible treatment benefits from oxytocin
28/03/2017
Prof. Ofer Golan
17/01/2017
Prof. Ditza Zachor
20/12/2016
Prof. Sagiv Shifman
Connection between chromatin regulation and autism
29/11/2016
Prof. Michael Beenstock
Social outcomes of young adults with autism spectrum disorders
31/05/2016
Dr. Adina Maier
Applied research on ADHD from a bio-psycho-social perspective: Ramifications for ASD
08/03/2016
Dr. David Mankuta
Pregnancy: A critical period for pathogenesis of ASD
08/03/2016
Dr. Yoav Kohn
Working with children and adolescents diagnosed with ASD at the Jerusalem Center for Mental Health
19/01/2016
Dr. Raanan Raz
Environmental factors in the epidemiology of ASD
19/01/2016
Prof. Cory Shulman
ASD diagnosis: The nexus of research, practice, training and policy
24/11/2015