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VKC TRIAD: Celebrating 25 Years of Research, Training, and Service

Date: October 29, 2024

Time: 6:00PM to 7:30PM

Location: Zoom


Join us for this special virtual event as we remember the creation and growth of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center's Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (VKC TRIAD) with three former VKC members who helped shape the program in its earliest stages. Listen to TRIAD leaders past and present converse about the evolution of the program and share their concerns and hopes for the future of autism research and services in the years ahead.

Guest Speakers:

  • Pat Levitt, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Senior Vice President and Director, The Saban Research Institute; Simms/Mann Chair in Developmental Neurogenetics, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
  • Wendy Stone, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Washington
  • Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, M.D., Suzanne Crosby Murphy Professor of Developmental Neuropsychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Director, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI), and Columbia University

Hosted by:

  • Pablo Juárez, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA, Co-Director, VKC TRIAD
  • Alacia Stainbrook, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Co-Director, VKC TRIAD
  • Zachary Warren, Ph.D. (moderator), Executive Director, VKC TRIAD

For accessibility information or to request an accommodation

Contact kc@vumc.org or 615-322-8240 for disability access information; 2 weeks advance notice is recommended for some accommodations (e.g., Braille, signing).