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Claire Cameron

Former Engagement Editor

Claire Cameron was Spectrum‘s engagement editor from 2016 to 2019. She oversaw Spectrum’s social media and audience engagement, including webinars, comment moderation and syndicated articles.

Prior to joining the team, Claire was the social media and news editor at Nautilus, an award-winning science and culture magazine. She has also worked as a breaking-news reporter in New York and Scotland, and has written for The New York Observer, BBC online, The Sunday Times, DNA InfoThe Morning News and others.

Claire has an M.A. in English literature and history from the University of Edinburgh and an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University.

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May 2018

Journal club: Rescue of social deficits in autism mouse model

 /  23 May 2018

Watch the complete replay of this journal club, which featured a paper describing the rescue of social deficits in a SHANK3 mouse model.

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April 2018

Webinar: Shafali Jeste discusses brain development in high-risk infants

 /  25 April 2018

Watch the complete replay of Shafali Jeste discussing her work investigating brain structure and function in infants at high risk for autism. 

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March 2018

Roundtable: Debating diagnostic criteria for autism

 /  17 April 2018

Watch the complete replay of our roundtable on the utility of the DSM-5’s diagnostic criteria for autism. 

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February 2018

Webinar: Will Spooren describes European effort to find biomarkers for autism

 /  28 March 2018

Watch the complete replay of Will Spooren discussing an European effort to find biomarkers for autism.

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Webinar: Mayada Elsabbagh discusses autism research on global stage

 /  28 February 2018

Watch the complete replay of Mayada Elsabbagh discussing autism research on the global stage.

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January 2018

Webinar: James McPartland discusses biomarkers for autism

 /  31 January 2018

Watch the complete replay of James McPartland discussing the need for clinically useful biomarkers for autism.

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December 2017

2017 in pictures: Spectrum’s picks for best images

by  /  22 December 2017

We asked autism researchers to enter the Spectrum science image contest. Here are the top pics.

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Woman at a protest holds a sign that says "Grab 'em by the data"

2017: The year in tweets

by  /  22 December 2017

In 2017, autism scientists took to Twitter to express their thoughts on immigration, healthcare policy, education leadership, proposed funding cuts and Brexit.

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November 2017

Webinar: Brian Scassellati explores robotics in autism research

 /  29 November 2017

Watch the complete replay of Brian Scassellati discussing robotics for autism research.

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Journal club: Exploring treatments for Rett syndrome

 /  11 December 2017

Watch the complete replay of this journal club, which featured two papers that explore therapies for Rett syndrome.

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