July 2024
Student News
Ainsley Jennieve Perez and Brianna Ángel, SLHS undergraduate students, had accepted first-author ASHA presentations, with student co-authors Makenna Bailey, Noa DeBasc, and mentorship from Dra. Alicia Escobedo! Ainsley and Brianna also received SDSU CHHS Travel Awards to present their work. Congratulations to all!
Edith Urbano-Ixta, AuD student, received an NIDCD-funded ASHA Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award (RMPTA) with Dr. Girolamo to attend this year’s research symposium at the ASHA Convention on genetics in communication sciences & disorders. She is the third SDSU student – and first non-PhD student – since 2018 to receive RMPTA. Congratulations, Edith!
June 2024
Student News
Ainsley Jennieze Perez received a CSU STEM-NET Summer Student Research Award to conduct research over the summer on language variation in autistic adolescents and adults. Fewer than 10 students receive this CSU-wide award each year. Congratulations, Ainsley!
Community Engagement
The lab hosted a community workshop with our partner Mentoring Autistic Minds! We appreciated learning together and hearing what is important to folks in the community.
Interprofessional Connection
Teresa Girolamo & community partner Kyle Greene-Pendelton spoke with SDSU Project MAINSAIL alumni about neurodiversity in clinical practice. Project MAINSAIL, funded by the Department of Education Office of Special Education Preparation, was an interdisciplinary program to prepare early childhood special educators and speech-language pathologists to support bilingual autistic children.
May 2024
Community Engagement
Teresa Girolamo was featured on Spectrum Spotlight, the Mentoring Autistic Minds podcast, to talk about the experiences of racially and ethnically minoritized autistic individuals in adulthood. Tune in here.
Interprofessional Connection
Our lab presented on social drivers of health in the transition to adulthood of autistic individuals to multidisciplinary health professionals via the Autism Research & Practice Continuing Medical Education Seminar at UC San Diego/Rady Children’s Hospital. We enjoyed learning from healthcare practitioners about their clinical practice needs, priorities, and experiences!
April 2024
Interprofessional Connection
Our lab presented a workshop series to campus community workers in partnership with University Police Department! Many thanks to campus professionals for sharing their insight and priorities for research.
Teresa Girolamo spoke to multidisciplinary healthcare practitioners, self-advocates, and family members at San Diego LEND’s Culturally Responsive Care Seminar Series about culturally partnered assessment development for self-determination.
Student News
Ainsley Jennieve Perez and Brianna Ángel were accepted as San Diego Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND) mid-term trainees, a unique, interdisciplinary leadership training program funded by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration. Congratulations, Ainsley & Brianna!
February 2024
Interprofessional Connection
Our lab presented a workshop series to faculty and staff across campus on neurodiversity in the classroom in partnership with SDSU Center for Inclusive Excellence. Many thanks to Lott Hill and Jennifer Imazeki for inviting us and getting a learning group going to build capacity across campus for neurodiversity-affirming instruction, mentorship, and collaboration!
March 2023
Community Engagement
Teresa Girolamo was featured on the Moments of Joy podcast to talk about systematic exclusion of racially and ethnically minoritized individuals from autism research. Tune in here, and follow Camille here.