On April 8, the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division and the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center will host the Adolfo and Fanny Rizzo Special Symposium: Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Connecting Research and Community. 

The event is designed to bridge research with clinical care and community partnership — an area of growing importance for WashU Medicine and the state of Missouri.

Featured speakers include Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele (Columbia University) & Connie Kasari (UCLA) who are both leading researchers in the field, as well as WashU faculty and community leaders. The symposium concludes with a poster session and hands-on, interactive demonstrations featuring the latest technologies.

Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Location: Eric P. Newman Education Center

Register today!

Additional details are attached and available on the event website.