At Duke Duets: Partnerships That Move the World Forward, Duke faculty, students, and alumni shared how Duke’s interdisciplinary approach to research, education, and knowledge in the service of society is moving the world forward.
Duke Duet Geraldine Dawson and Guillermo Sapiro spoke at Duke Forward in New York City addressed how interdisciplinary collaboration between technology and medicine led to the creation of a mobile phone app to screen and provide autism diagnoses.
Geraldine Dawson is a professor in the departments of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, pediatrics, and psychology and neuroscience, and is director of the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development at Duke University.
Dawson is president of the International Society for Autism Research. She serves as a member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, which develops the federal strategic plan for autism research, services, and policy. Dawson is a leading expert on autism, having published more than 225 articles and 10 books on early detection and treatment of autism and brain development. She is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association, and currently serves on the editorial boards of four scientific journals.
Dawson’s awards include a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Psychological Science, among others. Her scientific research was recognized by the NIH as a Top Advance in Autism Research in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013.
Dawson received a Ph.D. in developmental and child clinical psychology from the University of Washington and completed a clinical internship at the University of California, Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute.
Guillermo Sapiro is the Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. Educated at the Technion in Israel and MIT, his areas of research include image processing, medical imaging, and machine learning.
Sapiro is the recipient of the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientist and Engineers, the National Science Foundation Career Award, the National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship, and the Helmholtz Test-of-Time Award for one of the most cited papers in computer vision history. His scientific contributions are in Adobe’s products, used by the Mars Rovers, applied to discovering the 3-D structure of the HIV virus, helping brain surgery, and advancing the early screening of child mental health.
Duke Forward, a seven-year, comprehensive fundraising campaign, aims to raise more than $3.25 billion by June 30, 2017. It supports priorities across Duke's 10 schools, Duke Health, and a range of university programs and initiatives.
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