The BRAIN Foundation Presents:
Synchrony 2024 agenda
please note that the final talk schedule is subject to change
Friday, July 12
roundtables
10:00am - 12:00pm
Merrill Hall
Clinical Treatment Guidelines for Neuropsychiatric Exacerbations in ASD
Expert discussion panel
tbc
12:00pm - 1:00pm
LUNCH
1:00pm
Merrill Hall
Significant improvements (gastrointestinal and behavioral) following standard-of-care treatment in children with ASD-associated enterocolitis: A longitudinal assessment
Arthur Krigsman MD, Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Arthur Krigsman MD, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Private Practice, New York
1:45pm
Merrill Hall
Breaking with Tradition: Discovering Unique Mitochondrial Disorders In Autism Spectrum Disorder
Richard Frye MD, PhD - Neurodevelopmental Precision Medicine
2.15pm
Merrill Hall
PANS/PANDAS & Related Conditions: 2024 Update
Jennifer Frankovich MD, MS - Stanford University
roundtables
3:00PM - 5:00pm
Merrill Hall
Presentation of Case Studies for Next Generation Drugs Prescribed for Comorbidities in the ASD Population
Expert discussion panel
PANEL PARTICIPANTS: Harumi Jyonouchi MD, Allergist- Immunologist, St. Peter’s University Hospital, Arthur Krigsman MD, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Private Practice, New York, John Gaitanis MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics Brown University, Pediatric Neurologist, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Monica Cooke, Lighthouse Complex Care Clinics
6:00pm
Bonfire/Dinner
Saturday, July 13
new research presentations
8:30am
Merrill Hall
Clinical Characterization of TCF7L2-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (TRND) in 75 Patients, the Largest Cohort Reported to Date
Sally Nijim - Every Cure
Sally Nijim is the Chief of Staff and Biomedical Leadership Fellow, Castleman Disease Collaborative Network (CDCN), the Center for Cytokine Storm Treatment & Laboratory (CSTL), and Every Cure
9:00am
Merrill Hall
Early Life Gut Inflammation Disrupts Microbiota-Microglial Communication and Sex-Specific Behavioral Development
Annie Ciernia PhD - University of British Columbia
Annie Ciernia is an Assistant Professor and Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Understanding Gene Expression in the Brain, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
9:30am
Merrill Hall
The Metabolic Basis for Levofolinate Treatment in Autism: Folate Absorption and Distribution in the Rat
Edward Quadros PhD - SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Edward Quadros is a researcher at the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, SUNY – Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
10:00am
Merrill Hall
Autoantibody and Cytokine Biomarker Discovery in Patients with Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Shannon Rose PhD - University of Tennessee
Shannon Rose, Associate Professor at the Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing, TN
10:30am
Merrill Hall
Calcium Transients in Microglia Regulates Autism-Specific Behaviors
Naveen Nagarajan PhD - University of Utah
11:00am
Merrill Hall
Sex-Dependent, Dopamine-Driven Serotonin Plasticities in an ASD Mouse Model
Randy Blakely PhD - Florida Atlantic University
11:30am
Merrill Hall
Dysregulation of Parvalbumin Interneurons as a Pathway to Autism Spectrum Disorder
Lior Brimberg PhD - Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
Lior Brimberg PhD, Assistant Professor at Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
12:00pm - 1:00pm
LUNCH
brain investigator presentations
1:00pm
Merrill Hall
Redox Regulation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome and Its Implications for Autism and Vaccination
Richard Deth PhD - Nova Southeastern University
1:30PM
Merrill Hall
Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Pediatric Acute Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS); Regulatory Mechanisms
Ayan Mondal PhD - Stanford University
2:00PM
Merrill Hall
Neurodevelopmental Disorder in a Dish: Cell Culture Models for Intellectual Disability Mechanisms
Christopher Patzke PhD - University of Notre Dame
Christopher Patzke PhD, John M. and Mary Jo Boler Assistant Professor at the Boler-Parseghian Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases, Department of Biological Sciences, 109A Galvin Life Science Center, University of Notre Dame
2:30PM
Merrill Hall
Characterizing Dynamics of Auditory Sensitivities
Adam Naples PhD - Yale School of Medicine
3:00PM
Merrill Hall
Blood Biomarker for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Validation
Dwight German PhD - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
3:30PM
Merrill Hall
Evaluation of Novel Treatment Strategies in Genetic Mouse Models of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Maltesh Kambali PhD - University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign
4:00PM
Merrill Hall
Modeling Brain Overgrowth in Autism Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Sundari Chetty PhD - Harvard Medical School
Sundari Chetty PhD, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
4:30PM
Merrill Hall
Unveiling the Pathophysiological Role of Peroxynitrite-Induced Redox Signaling in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Adrien Eshraghi MD, MSc, FACS - University of Miami
Adrien Eshraghi PhD, Professor of Otolaryngology, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics and Biomedical Engineering, Director, Hearing Research and Communication Laboratory; Co-Director, UHealth Ear Institute, Vice-Speaker, Medical Faculty Council; Chief, Jackson Memorial Otology and Neurology Clinics University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Fl
5:00PM - 7:00PM
surf & sand
Mentor-Mentee session
6:00pm
Dinner/Music
Sunday, July 14
public talks
8:00am
Merrill Hall
Transgenerational Inherited (Non-Genetic?) Metabolic Disorders
Richard Frye MD, PhD - Neurodevelopmental Precision Medicine
8:30am
Merrill Hall
Redefining Autism
John Gaitanis MD - Brown University
9:00am
Merrill Hall
New Insights into Mechanisms of Speech Impairment in Autism
Carly Demopoulos PhD - UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences School of Medicine
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences School of Medicine
9:30am
Merrill Hall
Training Context-Based Emotion Processing in Autism with Guided-Attention Tasks
Jefferson Ortega - University of California, Berkeley
Jefferson Ortega, Graduate student, Cognitive Neuroscience, The Whitney Lab for Perception and Action, University of California, Berkeley
10:00am
Merrill Hall
Imaging Neuromodulation in the Brain with Near-Infrared Fluorescent Nanosensors
Markita Landry PhD - University of California, Berkeley
10:30am
Merrill Hall
The Mitochondrial Engines of Child Development—Persistence of the Newborn-like Excitatory Purine Network in 5-Year-Old Children with ASD
Robert Naviaux MD, PhD - UCSD School of Medicine
Robert Naviaux MD, PhD, Professor of Genetics, Biochemical Genetics and Metabolism Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pathology, Co-director, The Mitochondrial and Metabolic Disease Center (MMDC), UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego,CA
11:00am
Merrill Hall
tbc
Pramila Srinivasan PhD - The BRAIN Foundation
11:30am
Merrill Hall
The Role of Federal Autism Coordination in
Shaping National Autism Research Priorities
Susan Daniels PhD - IACC, NIMH/NIH
Susan Daniels PhD, National Autism Coordinator, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Director, Office of National Autism Coordination
Executive Secretary, Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, National Institute of Mental Health/National Institutes of Health
12:00pm - 1:00pm
LUNCH
panel discussion
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Merrill Hall
New Frontiers in Speech Decoding and Synthesis Using Brain Computer Interface (research from UCSF, UC Berkeley, Stanford University)
Expert discussion panel
Gopala Anumachipalli PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Laura Gwilliams PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology and, by courtesy, of Linguistics, Stanford Psychology, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute and Stanford Data Science, Stanford University, CA
panel discussion
1:30-4:00pm
Merrill Hall
Unraveling Complex Cases: Physicians discuss case studies from the audience
Expert review of complex cases submitted by audience
4:15pm
Close/photographs





