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We are proud to announce that Jiayin Xing, 6th Year Communication Sciences & Disorders doctoral student, successfully defended her dissertation titled, "Multi-Modal Skill Coordination in Social Communication: An Investigation in Autism Spectrum Disorder and First-Degree Relatives." Congratulations, Jiayin!!!

Our lab has recently published important findings showing how machine learning, a branch of artificial intelligence (AI), may be used to capture clinically significant features of speech impacted in autism across different cultures and languages. This work was recently featured in Northwestern University Magazine, alongside other important findings from Northwestern, to discuss the potential of AI [...]

We have received new NIH funding to continue our lab’s research focused on identifying specific language traits linked to brain and gene function involved in autism. This important award represents the 3rd cycle of continuous NIH funding for this project, which began in 2010. Many of our families may recall participating in those earlier stages of this work, which [...]

Work from our lab was recently featured in Northwestern Now. Click here to learn more about how machine learning can be used to identify potential speech patterns characteristic of autism across languages. Photo by Emily Wade on Unsplash

Check out our recently published paper in Frontiers! This paper was published in collaboration with former NDL students, Dr. Michelle Lee and Dr. Nell Maltman, and colleagues, Dr. Gary Martin, Dr. Klinton Bicknell, and Dr. Adam Goodkind. This work characterizes potentially unique pragmatic profiles across different neurodevelopmental disabilities, and across contexts that varied in degree of [...]