Tener un hijo con cualquier padecimiento, no se acerca para nada, a lo sencillo. Sin embargo, no es hasta que tenemos a un hijo o algún familiar con este tipo que, comprendemos todo lo que implica y cómo es su visión del mundo. Es lo que nos convierte en seres empáticos, pero ¿y cuándo no […]
Call for poster presentation at the 1st Pan American Congress of Autism, Fragile X Syndrome and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Within the framework of the activities of the 1st Pan American Congress of Autism, Fragile X Syndrome and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, the call to participate in the presentation of scientific posters is open 1. About the presentation of […]
Dr. Dufour is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Davis in the laboratory of Dr. Veronica Martinez-Cerdeno. He earned his PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and his MS in Animal Sciences from Purdue University. The focus of his research is to characterize the neuropathological mechanisms that underlie […]
Dr. Miquelajauregui is an assistant professor at the Institute of Neurobiology of the University of Puerto Rico at the Medical Sciences Campus. Research in Dr. Miquelajauregui’s lab aims to understand brain development processes from embryonic to postnatal stages and to characterize alterations caused by genetic and environmental factors using rodent models of neurodevelopmental disorders. She […]
Dr. Angel Eugenio Tovar y Romo is an associate professor at the Department of Psychology at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) and belongs to Mexico’s National System of Researchers. He obtained his doctorate in psychology at UNAM and later completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Lancaster University, United Kingdom in Dr. Gert Westermann’s Laboratory […]
Doctor Restrepo is a specialist in neurodevelopmental disorders. She graduated from Tufts University in Boston. She obtained her pediatrician degree from the University of Texas and graduated as a physician at the Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Colombia. She is currently an associate clinical professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California Davis […]
Geneticist and Doctor of Biomedical Sciences. He is a professor of molecular biology and embryology at the Universidad del Rosario in Bogota, Colombia. His research focuses on understanding the causal molecular pathways of the development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s Disease and some phenotypes of the fragile X syndrome. In a broader way he […]
Dr. Tassone received her diploma as a Bachelor in Biology from the University of Rome and a PhD in molecular biology from the Catholic University of Rome (Italy) in 1992 for her studies on Down syndrome. During her postdoctoral fellowship, first at the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in Denver, Colorado, and then at the University of […]
Dr. Villarreal is a psychologist. She has a master’s in child neuropsychology. She has dedicated her career to the care of neurodevelopmental disorders. She is the founder and director of Neurodesarrollo Quito, a private institution dedicated to offer continuing education in the area of neurodevelopment to professionals in Ecuador and to offer interventions to patients […]
Dr. Ramírez-Cheyne is an assistant professor at the Universidad del Valle in the subjects of genetics, embryology and congenital malformations. Geneticist and scientific director of the Center for Orphan Diseases of the Hospital Universitario del Valle; active member of MACOS research group; and academic advisor to the orphan diseases team of the Public Health Office […]
