Event DetailsWhen: Thursday, August 14th, 9 am-5 pm Where: Pastides Alumni Center; 900 Senate St. Who: All CAN members and those interested in learning more about CAN! This includes:
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Register to attend
We welcome ALL CAN Research Center members to attend -- including faculty, staff, trainees (graduate and undergraduate)! In addition, any USC member interested in learning more about CAN or autism/neurodevelopment are encouraged to attend.
RSVP here: https://forms.office.com/r/SeSB9FyT8Q
Retreat Agenda - (subject to minor changes):
- 8:30-9:00 am: Arrival and breakfast
- 9:00 am: Welcome, Introductions, CAN Year in Review & Upcoming Programming (Dr. Jane Roberts, Dr. Caitlin Hudac)
- 9:30 am: Invited speaker: Leonardo Bonilha, PhD, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Research, Dorothea Krebs Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine Columbia
- 10:00 am: 2025-2026 CAN Pilot Research Awards - overview/update (Dr. Caitlin Hudac)
- 10:30 am: BREAK
- 10:45 am: CAN Trainee Science Talks: Dr. Lisa Hamrick (Psychology), Curran Johnston (Neuroscience), Noah Leever (Biological Sciences)
- 11:30 am: USC and CAN Resource Opportunities (Dr. Linwan Wu, Dr. Caitlin Hudac)
- 11:45 am: CAN Group Photo
- 12:00 pm: Networking Lunch
- 1:15 pm: Community Advisory Board: Review of Our First Year, Mini-CAB Panel (Dr. Jessica Bradshaw, Dr. Caitlin Hudac)
- 1:45 pm: CAN In the Community (Dr. Caitlin Hudac)
- 2:30 pm: BREAK
- 2:45 pm: Faculty Science Talks: Dr. Chad Rose (Education), Dr. Lindsay McCary (Psychology), Dr. Yuexuan Wu (Statistics), Dr. Ashley Kalinski (Biological Sciences)
- 3:45 pm: We CAN Inspire (Dr. Sarah Edmunds)
Break-out interest groups:
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- Trainee Committee (Dr. Cailee Nelson)
- Community-Engaged Research Group (Dr. Rob Hock, Dr. Sarah Edmunds)
- Science Communication (Dr. Caitlin Hudac)
- CAN Engagement and Event Planning (Dr. Jessica Bradshaw)
- 4:30 pm: Wrap-Up and invitation to (OPTIONAL) social hour at Taco Mundo Kitchen, 828 Gervais St.