CDC is having a Public Health Grand Rounds entitled "ASD: From Numbers to Know-How"

We are pleased to announce CDC’s first ever Public Health Grand Rounds on autism spectrum disorder. Please mark your calendars for April 22, 2014, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., EST for CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds “Autism Spectrum Disorder: From Numbers to Know-How.” This event features presentations on autism etiology, surveillance, early identification and screening, and evidence-based intervention.  Please share this information widely.

You can receive free training and continuing education opportunities/contact hours for watching Grand Rounds. Visit http://www.cdc.gov/about/grand-rounds/index.htmto register.

There are two ways to attend

1.      A live webcastwill be available. Visit http://www.cdc.gov/about/grand-rounds/ to watch the event.

2.      Attend in person at CDC’s Tom Harkin Global Communication Center, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333. Due to security measures at CDC’s campus, non-CDC staff who wish to attend the session in person must have prior clearance and a U.S. state-issued photo ID (e.g., driver’s license or U.S. passport).  Please send your request to attend in person to the CDC Grand Rounds Team.(International visitors are required to submit a copy of passport and U.S. state-issued photo ID 10 days prior to the session for clearance.)

Save the Date: April’s Public Health Grand Rounds Save the Date CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds Presents: “Autism Spectrum Disorder: From Numbers to Know-How” Tuesday, April 22, 2014 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., EST Global Communications Center (Building 19) Alexander D. Langmuir Auditorium Roybal Campus Presented By: Julie Daniels, MPH, PhD Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “Autism Etiology – What We Know and How to Learn More” Jon Baio, EdS Behavioral Psychologist, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC  “Surveillance for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Key Findings and Trends” Susan L. Hyman, MD Division Chief, Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center “Early Identification and Screening” Samuel L. Odom, PhD Director, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “Evidence-based Intervention for Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder” Facilitated By: John Iskander, MD, MPH, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds Phoebe Thorpe, MD, MPH,Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds  Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Manager, Public Health Grand Rounds    For questions about this Grand Rounds topic:  Feel free to e-mail your questions before or during the session. Announcement Point of Contact: grandrounds@cdc.gov