[Prevscilist] Ballmer Colloquium today at 10 am | "Promoting Positive Outcomes in Children and Youth with Autism by Tackling Heterogeneity" by Dr. Shuting Zheng

[Atika Khurana]

Hello everyone,

A friendly reminder of colloquium today at 10 am by Dr. Shuting Zheng.

On 11/17/23 10:26 AM, Atika Khurana wrote:
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> The Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health and College of 
> Education invite you to attend the colloquium by open-rank tenure 
> track faculty candidate, Dr. Shuting Zheng
>
> **
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> Date & time: *Tues. 11/21 @ 10am-11:30am (PST)*
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> Zoom link: 
> https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/97947834609?pwd=c0J6cVQzU28zd21NUDN4ak1RbG9oZz09
>
> **
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> *Colloquium title: *Promoting Positive Outcomes in Children and Youth 
> with Autism by Tackling Heterogeneity
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> **
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> *Colloquium Abstract: *Heterogeneity is a hallmark of autism spectrum 
> disorder in that children and youth with autism present with a wide 
> range of abilities and challenges. Such variability poses clear 
> challenges to measuring symptoms and strengths precisely and to 
> tailoring supports and services effectively for those impacted by 
> autism. Co-occurring mental health problems are an important aspect 
> that contributes to the heterogeneous symptom profiles, and 
> understanding risk and resilience factors related to psychological 
> well-being is essential for providing appropriate support to 
> individuals with autism. Moreover, this type of mechanism research 
> cannot be done without thoughtfully designed measures applied 
> appropriately to capture the nuanced behavioral and developmental 
> profiles in autism for phenotyping, screening, diagnosis, and 
> evaluation of treatment responses.
>
> **
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> *Candidate bio: *Dr. Shuting Zheng is a developmental scientist and 
> board-certified behavior analyst with expertise in assessment and 
> behavioral treatment for children and youth with autism spectrum 
> disorder. Her research interest has developed around the overarching 
> theme of understanding developmental heterogeneity in autism and 
> treatment individualization for individuals with autism. Specifically, 
> her current research program focuses on (1) improving the application 
> and the design of behavioral measures by understanding the influence 
> of individual characteristics (e.g., biological sex, cognitive and 
> language abilities, race/ethnicity, and socio-economic status) on the 
> measurement of autism symptoms and associated challenges; and (2) 
> identifying risk and resilience factors (both at the individual and 
> contextual levels) of psychological well-being and functional outcomes 
> in autistic individuals through qualitative and quantitative 
> investigations of their everyday experience. Dr. Zheng plans to bring 
> the two aspects of her research together to inform treatment design 
> and adaptation to improve the well-being of autistic individuals with 
> all levels of abilities and from all backgrounds. Her work has been 
> supported by federal and private funders, including the National 
> Institute of Mental Health and Autism Science Foundation.
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