Every year our undergraduate students present their research work at the University of Washington Mary Gates Research Symposium. Here are their projects.

Mary Gates 2024 Projects:

2024: Shubham Bansal and Harshini Iyer – Facial Memory and Social Responsiveness in Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder

2024: Benjamin Zhang – Sensory Processing and Sleep Quality in Adults With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder

2024: Chelsea Bourmatnov and Spandana Kannam – The Relation Between Sleep Quality, Alexithymia, and Anxiety to Social Functioning in Autistic Adults

2024: Jasmin Reddy – Sensory Processing and Anxiety in Adults with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder

2024: Yuting Wang and Charlotte Nozari – Association between Alexithymia and Anxiety in Adolescents and Adults with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder: the GENDAAR study

2024: Julie Bui – Word Segmentation and Communication in Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder: The GENDAAR Study

2024: Kate Bumbalova – Co-occurring Mental Health Conditions and Quality of Life in Adults With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorders: The GENDAAR Study

2024: Camille Eaton – The Relationship Between Social Cognition and Verbal IQ Scores of Adolescents and Young Adults with and without ASD: The GENDAAR Study

Mary Gates 2023 Projects:

2023: Hannah Smith – Sensory Processing and EEG Visual Evoked Potentials in Adolescents and Young Adults with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder

2023: Shivam Bansal- Depression and Anxiety in Girls with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder, Considering Pubertal Timing

Mary Gates 2022 Projects:

2022: Milana Premkumar – Association between Eyes Closed Resting State Alpha EEG Power and Social Responsiveness in Youth with and without ASD: The GENDAAR Study

2022: Anika Lindley – Aggression and Social Functioning Among Autistic Children: The ABCCT Study

2022: Ruchika Gadagkar – Relationship Between Sleep Quality and Emotion Regulation (Internalizing/Externalizing behavior in Adults With and Without ASD)

2022: Shivam Bansal – Intrinsic Brain Activity, via Resting state EEG, and Executive Functioning Abilities in Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): The GENDAAR Study

2022: Rachel Kinkley – The Relationship between Self compassion and Anxiety/Depression in Children with and without ASD: The GENDAAR Study

2022: Sanika Kulkarni – Relationship between Hedonic Capacity for Interpersonal Pleasure and Social Responsiveness in Adults with and without ASD: The GENDAAR Study

2022: Nghi Tran- Mental Health Profile in Mothers of Females with Autism: The GENDAAR Study

Mary Gates 2021 Projects:

Shivam Bansal: Impact of Camouflaging on Rates of Depression and Anxiety in Children with and without ASD


Zoey Suarez: Moderation by Race on the Relationship Between Aggression and Symptom Severity in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Grace Mattson: Influence of Socioeconomic Factors on Language Skills in Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder


Ruchika Gadagkar: Language and Executive Functioning In Youth With and Without ASD


Milana Premkumar: Age of first parental concern of language/behavior and later language development in youth with ASD: The GENDAAR Study


Natalie Pilla: Differences in Repetitive Behavior Severity in Children with ASD and Comorbid Anxiety Disorders


Zhao-ming Zhong: Relationship between Self-Assessment of Autism traits and Quality of Life in ASD and TD Youth


Mary Gates 2020 Projects:

Nathan Chong: One Year Language Trajectories in Newly Diagnosed Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder


Taylor Holst: Relationship Between Social Awareness and Aggressive Behaviors in Children with ASD: The ABCCT Study


Tanner Mooney: Relationship between Pubertal Development and Rates of Anxiety and Autism Spectrum Disorder


Rachel Fung: Sex Differences in Early Language Milestones and Later Language Functioning in Youth with ASD


Kunaal Motreja: Gender Differences in Internalizing Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorder


Joscelyne Joviana: Influence of Comorbid Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder on Activity Level and Adaptive Skills in Children with ASD


Bharti Bharani: Impact of Early Language Milestones on Social Involvement and Later Language Development in Children with ASD


Previous Projects:

2019: Kenneth Wong – Pregnancy/Birth Complications Effects on Externalizing Behaviors in ASD Children

2019: Molly McCabe – Sex Differences in Frontal Asymmetry and Social Impairment in Autism Spectrum Disorder

2019: Natalie Logan – Sex Differences in Pragmatic Language Ability in School-Age Children with ASD

2019: Tanner Mooney – Sex Differences in the Relationship Between Puberty and Social Impairment: A Cross-Sectional Study of Children with Autism

2018: Tanner Mooney – Investigating Measure Bias in Autism Spectrum Disorder Between Sexes

2018:  Kenneth Wong – Effects of Social Communication and Language Ability in ASD children with Siblings vs. ASD children without Siblings

2018: Isabella Li – Relationship between Prenatal and Perinatal Conditions and IQ Differences in Children with ASD

2017: Lee – Gender Differences and Implicit Learning in Autism Spectrum Disorder