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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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October 2019
Nightime view of the skyline of downtown Chicago

Takeaways from SfN 2019

by  /  24 October 2019

Thousands of research presentations, five days: Spectrum looks back at the 2019 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Chicago.

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Webinar: Jennifer Beighley and Caitlin Hudac discuss CHD8 mutations in autism

 /  30 October 2019

Watch the complete replay of Jennifer Beighley and Caitlin Hudac discussing mutations in the gene CHD8 and autism.

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Reactions from SfN 2019

by  /  17 October 2019

Spectrum heads to Chicago to cover the 2019 Society for Neuroscience meeting.

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September 2019
portrait of scientist Sydney Pettygrove

Webinar: Sydney Pettygrove discusses why autism prevalence estimates have changed over time

 /  15 January 2020

Register for the next Spectrum webinar, featuring Sydney Pettygrove, who will discuss how changes in the collection and analysis of autism prevalence data affect U.S. autism prevalence estimates.

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August 2019
Portrait of Mark Bear

Webinar: Mark Bear discusses fragile X syndrome, from bench to bedside

 /  21 August 2019

Watch the complete replay of Mark Bear discussing the latest research on treatments for fragile X syndrome.

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portrait of Cecilia Guilivi

Webinar: Cecilia Giulivi discusses role of mitochondria in autism

 /  20 November 2019

Watch the complete replay of Cecilia Giulivi, reviewing the evidence that mitochondria play a role in autism.

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July 2019
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Spotted around the web: Week of 15 July 2019

by ,  /  19 July 2019

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 15 July.

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Portraits of Suma Jacob and Christina Conelea

Webinar: Christine Conelea, Suma Jacob discuss repetitive behaviors in autism

 /  17 July 2019

Watch the complete replay of Christine Conelea and Suma Jacob discussing the emergence of repetitive behaviors in autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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Spotted around the web: Week of 1 July 2019

by ,  /  5 July 2019

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 1 July 2019.

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Can we ‘see’ autism in the brain?

by  /  2 July 2019

We asked five autism researchers to weigh in on whether there is a unique brain signature for autism and, if so, how to identify it.

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