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 Geraldine Dawson received a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Washington in 1979 and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Neuropsychiatric Institute UCLA in 1980.
Understanding the Nature of Brain Function in Autism: Implications for early Recognition, Intervention, and Gene Discovery
She was Assistant Professor at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill from 1980-85 before accepting a position of Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington in 1985. Dawson has had an active career as a scientist and clinician specializing in autism and the effects of experience on early brain development. She has published over 130 scientific articles and chapters on these topics, and edited or authored a number of books, including Autism: Nature, Diagnosis, and Treatment, Human Behavior and the Developing Brain, and A Parent’s Guide to Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism. She has been the recipient of continuous research funding from the NIH for her studies on autism and child psychopathology since 1983. She is internationally-recognized for her pioneering research on early diagnosis and brain function in autism and early biological risk factors for psychopathology. Dawson has served on many national committees and task forces pertaining to child mental health, including NIH scientific review and consensus panels. Dawson has been Associate Editor for three scientific journals, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Psychophysiology, and Development and Psychopathology. She currently is Director of the University of Washington Autism Center which consists of an NIH-funded multi-disciplinary program research program on the Neurobiology and Genetics of Autism and which provides diagnostic, consultation, and intervention services for children with autism and their families, and professional training and outreach to the greater Northwest.
Thursday, October 26, 2006 - 9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
Opening Address - Understanding the Nature of Brain Function in Autism: Implications for Early Recognition, Intervention, and Gene Discovery
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Symposium 2006 
