February 26, 2009
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at UW Bothell.
Blood Drives
- Friday, Feb. 27, 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Bus on north side of Schmitz Hall
- Wednesday, March 4, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Bus parked at Stevens
Autism study seeks participants
The Simons Simplex Collection (SSC) project is a new initiative to search for the causes of autism. The current study is focused on families with just one child with autism, called simplex families, which will provide insight into the most common and unexplained form of autism.
Your family can participate if:
- You have only one child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), age 4 or older,
- You have additional child(ren) without ASD, age 4 or older, and
- Both biological parents are willing to participate.
Participation in the study includes two phone calls to determine if this study is a good fit for your family, completion of several questionnaires about your family and a visit to the UW Autism Center on the UW Medical Center campus. The visit to the Autism Center will include diagnostic, cognitive and language assessments for your child with an ASD and interviews with one parent. Additionally, we will collect photos, measurements and a blood sample from your children and both parents. Participants will be provided with an honorarium of $50 for each family member who participates and an additional $50 when participants have completed the study. To find out more, call 1-800-994-9701 or email ddrinfo@u.washington.edu.
UW Autism center: Dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with autism through intervention, education, professional training and research aimed at effective treatments, prevention and cure. To find out more about our work, visit www.depts.washington.edu/uwautism/.
ADAI invites applications
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University of Washington researchers for its Small Grants research awards. Proposed research must be in alcohol or drug abuse-related fields. The maximum amount considered for funding has been increased to $30,000 for faculty and research scientists. The funding limit for predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows remains at $20,000.
The next application deadline is 5:00 p.m., March 16. Questions concerning the application process or suitability of a potential project should be directed to the Institute at 543-0937. Application guidelines are available on the ADAI website at http://depts.washington.edu/adai or by calling ADAI at 543-0937.
Seattle Children’s seeks volunteers
Seattle Children’s Hospital’s Journey Program is seeking volunteers for bereaved parent or sibling loss support group facilitators. Training dates are Friday and Saturday, March 27-28. Inquiries from anyone interested in offering their gifts of time and caring are welcome at (206) 987-2062.
