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Events & Celebrations

Brown Bag with Katie Walton, Ph.D.

Thank you to Katie Walton, Ph.D., from Ohio State University, for joining our Clinical Science Area Brown Bag Series. Dr. Walton delivered a presentation titled, "What is the Harm? Understanding and Addressing Gaps Between Researcher and Participant Perceptions of Harm in Autism Research."

Graduate students and faculty face the front of the classroom as a presentation is given.

A presenter stands in the front of a full room and talks with the audience.

 

2025 Fall Welcome 

We were thrilled to celebrate the start of the new academic year with our returning graduate students and faculty. We also welcomed the five incoming graduate students including Logan Gillenwater, Kristen Johnson, Sydney Damon, Fiona Guo, and Sarah Jones.

Five graduate students stand together and smile towards the camera.

 

2025 Graduation Celebrations 

In the spring of 2025, we celebrated five of our students for successfully earning their doctoral degrees! Congratulations to Sarah Carroll, Alexandra Vazquez, Megan Mikhail, Christopher Webster, and Dominic Roberts!

Graduating students and their advisors smile together during their PhD ceremony.

Five PhD graduates pose together at their graduation party. 

 

2024 Fall Welcome Party

We were thrilled to reconnect with our returning graduate students and faculty, as well as welcome the incoming graduate students and new faculty member Dr. Raffles Cowan, at our fall welcome party!

Clinical Science faculty and students sit at a picnic table and look at the camera.

Clinical Science faculty and students sit at a picnic table and look at the camera.

 

2024 Graduation Celebrations 

In the spring of 2024, four of our students successfully earned their doctoral degrees! Congratulations to Aksheya Sridhar, Courtney Louis, Diondra Straiton, and Lauren Wiklund.

Four PhD graduates pose together at their graduation ceremony.

Four PhD graduates pose together at their graduation party.

 

2024 Master's celebrations

Congratulations to our five 2nd year students who recently received their Master's degrees—Matthew Marvin, Christophe Delay, Kenan Sayers, Hannah Tokish, and Grace Anderson.

Four grad students pose together at their master's degree ceremony. 

Five 2nd year students who recently received their Master's degrees stand together for a photo.

 

2023 Fall Welcome Party

Each fall, our program hosts a party to welcome all incoming and returning graduate students and faculty. We were excited to reconnect and welcome our new faculty member, Dr. Blair Burnette!

Clinical Science faculty and students sit at a picnic table and look at the camera. Clinical Science faculty and students sit at a picnic table and look at the camera.

 

2023 Graduation Celebrations 

In the spring of 2023, four sixth year students successfully earned their doctoral degrees! Congratulations to Kara Cochran and Lili Gloe (pictured below)! 

  A graduating student stands by their advisor in graduation garb.   A graduating student stands by their advisor in graduation garb.  

 

Pictures below are from our Clinical Science Program Graduation Party - congratulations to all of our outstanding graduates!

 Two graduating clinical science students pose together at their graduation party. Students and faculty sit together at a graduation party.

 

2022 Fall Welcome Party

Each fall, our program hosts a party to welcome all incoming and returning graduate students and faculty.

Clinical Science graduate students sit together at a picnic table.  Clinical Science graduate students sit together at a picnic table.

 

We were excited to reconnect and welcome five new graduate students 2022 - Grace Anderson, Christophe Delay, Matthew Marvin, Kenan Sayers, and Hannah Tokish!

A picture of the 5 new Clinical students. 

    

2022 Graduation Celebrations 

In the spring of 2022, two sixth year students successfully earned their doctoral degrees! Congratulations to Evan Good and Beier Yao! 

Two graduate students stand with their advisors at graduation.     

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  Four PhD students pose together at graduation. Above it says Graduate Students.  News & Updates written in white over a green background. Research is written on top of a photo of research happening in the lab. Graduate Student Awards written in white over a green background.

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