Our Fall 2024 Newsletter is Out Now!
Congratulations to Our Newest Ph.D. Grad, Diondra Straiton!
Diondra’s research area is in Clinical Science and her dissertation examined the active ingredients of group consultation to improve the implementation of a parent coaching intervention for Medicaid-enrolled autistic children.
Diondra is currently completing her predoctoral internship at the University of Pennsylvania on the Child/Development Disabilities track. She is working with the Penn Medicine Autism Clinic, in the PATCH Anxiety Clinic, and has two rotations in the Philadelphia public school district. Once she completes her internship, Diondra will be heading to the University of Pennsylvania to be a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow where she will be working on research projects about methods to improve training for clinicians in Philadelphia’s early intervention system.
Congratulations Diondra, the MSU Autism Lab is so proud of you!!
Happy Holidays from the MSU Autism Lab!
The MSU Autism Lab wishes everyone a Happy Holiday and would like to thank all of our staff, students, families, providers, and partners for making our research possible. Thank You!
Graduate student, Dr. Diondra Straiton, passes her dissertation defense!
A huge congratulations to our graduate student, Dr. Diondra Straiton, for successfully defending her dissertation entitled “Examining the Active Ingredients of Group Consultation: Improving the Implementation of a Parent Coaching Intervention with Medicaid-Enrolled Autistic Children.”
MSU Autism Lab Info Session
The Department of Psychology at Michigan State University will be hosting a virtual webinar for students interested in applying to the Clinical Science Ph.D. program on September 18 from 6 pm-7 pm Eastern Time. To register for the Clinical Science Program webinar, go to https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_elZT1jSPvIym6Nw and provide your name and email. A Zoom link for the session will be provided.
Immediately following, the MSU Autism Lab will host a virtual open house to provide an opportunity for prospective students to meet the members of the lab and hear about our current and upcoming research projects. This info session will last from 7 pm-8 pm. To register for the MSU Autism Lab Info Session, click on this link: https://msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrcuyoqz0pGtCXrV8VTUZ0hS0AIEvhbjE6
The MSU Autism lab is hiring full-time research assistant
The MSU Autism Lab in the Department of Psychology at Michigan State University is seeking a full‐time, research assistant to begin around June 2023. The research assistant will join a multi‐site NIMH Collaborative R01 study, under the direction of Dr. Brooke Ingersoll (Michigan State University), Dr. Alice Carter (University of Massachusetts Boston), Dr. Wendy Stone (University of Washington), Dr. Allie Wainer (Rush University Medical Center), and Dr. Sarabeth Broder‐Fingert (Boston University School of Medicine). This community‐based randomized controlled trial is examining the effectiveness of training EI providers to deliver Reciprocal Imitation Teaching (RIT) within the Part C Early Intervention (EI) system across four states (Massachusetts, Michigan, Washington and Illinois). The MSU Research Lab, directed by Dr. Brooke Ingersoll, is focused on the development, evaluation, and implementation of community‐viable interventions for children with ASD and their families. MSU Autism Lab is a supportive and collaborative environment. The research assistant will also benefit from broader training opportunities across sites. This position is ideal for a candidate looking to gain additional research experience in clinical psychology before applying to graduate school.
Graduate Student Diondra Straiton, M.A. is a featured guest on Making Sense Sensory Health Podcast Series
Aksheya Sridhar, M.A. and Diondra Straiton, M.A. guest starred on the Making Sense Sensory Health Podcast Series from the STAR Insititute and shared five concrete action steps for clinicians to take in response to anti-black racism in the autism clinical pathway.
Our Fall 2023 Newsletter is Out Now!
Jessie Greatorex wins an Autism Science Foundation Summer Research Grant!
A big congrats to our undergraduate student @jessgreatorex, who was awarded an Autism Science Foundation’s Undergraduate Research Summer Grant of to support her research this summer. Jessie will work directly with ABA agencies that contract with Medicaid to determine how clinicians can better support parents participating in parent- mediated interventions.
