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
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: Natalie Logan – Sex Differences in Pragmatic Language Ability in School-Age Children with ASD
2018: Tanner Mooney – Investigating Measure Bias in Autism Spectrum Disorder Between Sexes
2017: Lee – Gender Differences and Implicit Learning in Autism Spectrum Disorder