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Neurodevelopmental Disorder Symposium: A Collaborative Path Forward in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
November 15, 2019 - 8:45 am - 5:30 pm
Overview
On Friday, November 15, 2019 the Translational Neuroscience Center (TNC) at Boston Children’s Hospital, in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will host the fifth and final Boston-wide Neurodevelopmental Disorders Symposium in the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School. This symposium will highlight the groundbreaking work that has come out of Boston autism collaborations and set the stage for the future of autism research in our community.
This conference, sponsored by the Anne and Paul Marcus Family foundation, is open to scientists and physicians from academia, the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, disease-based foundations, and the government and will include distinguished speakers, a breakout discussion on the future of autism research and poster reception.
This year’s all-day event will feature successful collaborations that arose from the Boston Autism Community, from Drs. Charles Nelson & Mark Bear on Fragile X Syndrome, Drs. Issac Kohane & Mustafa Sahin on Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Drs. Mriganka Sur & Ann Graybiel on Rett Syndrome, Drs. Rosalind Picard & Terrie Inder on Autism and Dr. Mark Daly on 16p11 Syndrome.
Our Keynote Address will be given by Dr. Joseph Buxbaum, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Capstone Event In addition to our regular agenda, this year the symposium will feature a novel breakout session entitled “Laying Seeds for the Future” in which participants will have the opportunity to debate the future of neurodevelopmental research and establish the new collaborations with key opinion leaders in the field.
