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Catherine Lord, Ph.D.

SFARI Investigator

SFARI Scientific Review Board

Affiliations
  • George Tarjan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Education, University of California, Los Angeles
Website
labs.dgsom.ucla.edu/lord/pages

Publications

Extending the usefulness of the brief observation of social communication change (BOSCC): Validating the phrase speech and young fluent version.

J. Autism Dev. Disord., March 1, 2024

Byrne K., Sterrett K., Holbrook A., S. Kim, Grzadzinski R., and C. Lord

Examining treatment outcomes across contexts: How do child baseline characteristics impact measurement of treatment response?

J. Autism Dev. Disord., November 1, 2023

Grzadzinski R., Jatkar A., Donovan K., Truong K., Holbrook A., C. Lord, et al.

The brief observation of symptoms of autism (BOSA): Development of a new adapted assessment measure for remote telehealth administration through COVID-19 and beyond.

J. Autism Dev. Disord., December 1, 2022

Dow D., Holbrook A., Toolan C., McDonald N., Sterrett K., Rosen N., et al.

Genomic architecture of autism from comprehensive whole-genome sequence annotation.

Cell, November 10, 2022

Trost B., Thiruvahindrapuram B., Chan A.J.S., Engchuan W., Higginbotham E.J., Howe J.L., et al.

Projects

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The initial standardization of the Brief Observation of Symptoms of Autism (BOSA)

Awarded 2020
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Evaluating two newly developed treatment outcome measures (BOSCC and ELSA) in the context of an ASD behavioral intervention trial

Awarded 2019
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Behavioral effects of fever and other illnesses on young children with autism

Awarded 2016
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SPARK

Awarded 2016

Featuring Catherine Lord

2023 Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science awardees photo compilation

2023 SFARI Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science Awardees Announced

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New Assessment Tool Provides a Remote Telehealth Approach To Facilitate Autism Diagnosis During COVID-19 and Beyond

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SFARI 2020 Director Awards Announced

Neurons

Beauty and the Brain

Events

Evolving perspectives on autism

Lecture

September 26, 2013

5–6:15 p.m. ET

Speakers

Catherine Lord, Steven Hyman

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Steve-Hyman

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