Pitt R E A A C T: An NIH Autism Center of Excellence

Please take a moment to read about Alex’s life and consider joining us to honor him on Thursday in a virtual candlelight vigil.

https://willowise.com/obit/alex-lamorie/

Congratulations to our REAACT team for a wonderful day at the Department of Psychiatry University of Pittsburgh Research Day. Dr. Jessie Northrup did an amazing job for her speed data presentation, and Sarah Brammell, Safaa Eldeeb, and Ligia Antezana all received awards for their posters.

Join our team by applying for our Senior Research Principal position today! More info here: https://careers.upmc.com/job/21948898/research-principal-sr-pittsburgh-pa/

Congratulations to Gracie Verano, one of our community partners, for being featured in the 2025 Embracing Our Differences Gallery. Learn more about the art piece "Masking" here: https://www.embracingourdifferences.org/gallery/2025-gallery/masking/4379/?back=gallery. Embracing Our Differences

SPARK has released a Research Match Summary Report on Madison Leach's study: "Parents’ Early Concerns about Their Child with Autism: Relation to Age of Diagnosis." See the report here: https://sparkforautism.org/discover_article/rm-first-concerns-diagnosis/

Tomorrow, May 6th, from 12-1 PM PST, Lisa Morgan, MSW, and Caitlin Conner, PhD., will be presenting to Forefront Su***de Prevention - University of Washington about Autism and Su***de. Learn more here: https://intheforefront.org/event/autism-and-suicide-what-you-need-to-know/

In just one week, Dan Miller's will be held at the CCAC Allegheny Campus. Catch us and many other amazing exhibitors and speakers there! Learn more here: disabilitysummit.com

You are always enough! https://www.reaact.pitt.edu/resources

We are about a week away from INSAR! Come check out the REAACT team's presentations during the conference. https://www.reaact.pitt.edu/events

Congratulations to Ligia Antezana, PhD, for winning a Professional Development Award for Best Poster Presentations for her poster titled “Characterizing Patterns and Correlates of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Autistic Adults” at the University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Research Symposium!https://www.oacd.health.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/2025_postdoc_research_symposium_book_2.pdf