What is MacART? Read More »

What is MacART? We are the McMaster Autism Research Team, a group of researchers, clinicians, clinician-scientists, and other experts designed to foster collaboration among the families, researchers, clinicians, educators, and policymakers whose lives and work are touched by Autism. Watch this video to learn more […]

Event Video: Dr. Stelios Georgiades, the Inaugural McMaster Children’s Hospital Chair in Autism and Neurodevelopment Read More »

Join us in celebrating Dr. Stelios Georgiades’ appointment as the inaugural McMaster Children’s Hospital Chair in Autism and Neurodevelopment! Read more here.

High School Health Research Bursary Award Student – 2019 Read More »

The McMaster Autism Research Team (MacART) has had wonderful experiences with the Hamilton Health Sciences High School Research Bursary Program, where youth join a research team during the summer and have the opportunity to take part in research activities. Our participants for the past 5 years […]

High School Health Research Bursary Award Student – 2018 Read More »

For each of the past 4 years, the McMaster Autism Research Team (MacART) has welcomed a summer placement student from the HHS High School Research Bursary Program, where youth become part of a research team and have the opportunity to conduct basic or clinical research activities within […]

The Job-Train Program – Life with Autism Read More »

This summer, MacART and the Offord Centre for Child Studies are pleased to host local high school students as part of the Job-Train Program – a program in collaboration with Woodview Mental Health and Autism Services, the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board, and McMaster […]

Culture Counts Conference – Dr. Stelios Georgiades Read More »

MacART Co-Director Dr. Stelios Georgiades presented at the South Asian Autism Awareness Centre’s ‘Culture Counts‘ conference on Friday March 2nd, 2018.  This inaugural conference engaged with the timely issue of autism and demonstrate how to provide effective ASD support to a rapidly changing population. During this presentation, Dr. Georgiades […]

MacART 2017 Symposium Video Read More »

On September 15th 2017, MacART held its second Autism Research Stakeholder Symposium.  The theme of this year’s symposium was “Rethinking Autism Training”. There was strong support from the ASD community as 250 participants (representing the full spectrum of stakeholders – families, self-advocates, educators, clinicians, researchers, […]

MacART Symposium 2017 – Curriculum of Caring – Dr. Kerry Boyd Read More »

MacART held its 2nd annual symposium on Friday, September 15th, 2017 at McMaster Innovation Park. This year’s symposium theme was “Rethinking Autism Training” and one of our presenters was Dr. Kerry Boyd, a psychiatrist currently working at McMaster Children’s Hospital and Bethesda Services. Dr. Boyd has over 20 years […]

MacART Symposium 2017 – Perspectives on Training: Application to Autism Care and Research – Dr. Lonnie Zwaigenbaum Read More »

MacART held its 2nd annual symposium on Friday, September 15th, 2017 at McMaster Innovation Park. This year’s symposium theme was “Rethinking Autism Training” and our keynote speaker was Dr. Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Co-Director of the Autism Research Centre in Edmonton, Alberta and leader of the national Autism Research Training […]

High School Health Research Bursary Award Student – 2017 Read More »

The McMaster Autism Research Team (MacART) has had wonderful experiences with the HHS High School Research Bursary Program, where youth become part of a research team and have the opportunity to conduct basic or clinical research activities within one of Hamilton’s internationally renowned research programs. Our […]

Gender-Specific Trajectories of Autism, by Dr. William Mandy Read More »

On Wednesday June 28th, 2017, MacART was pleased to host 2 visiting autism researchers for an informative Lunch & Learn on sex and gender in development. Drs. Will Mandy and Meng-Chuan Lai presented to a packed house on a framework to understand the modulating roles […]

Autism: Sex & Gender in Development, by Dr. Meng-Chuan Lai Read More »

On Wednesday June 28th, 2017, MacART was pleased to host 2 visiting autism researchers for an informative Lunch & Learn on sex and gender in development. Drs. Will Mandy and Meng-Chuan Lai presented to a packed house on a framework to understand the modulating roles of […]

Longitudinal Research in Autism: Introducing the Concept of “Chronogeneity” Read More »

On April 22, 2017, York University hosted its second TEDxYorkUSalon, this year focusing on innovations for people with autism, both within their community and in research.  The event featured 13 researchers from universities in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area presenting 3 minute ‘lightning talks’. This […]

High School Health Research Bursary Award Student – 2015 Read More »

Our partners at Hamilton Health Sciences run a highly succesful program that links HHS researchers with some of Ontario’s top science students for a work placement.  The program is designed to expose high-school students to a career in health research by providing hands-on experience in a […]

DMCN Author Podcast – Briano di Rezze and Peter Rosenbaum Read More »

In a paper published in Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology (DMCN), lead author Dr. Briano Di Rezze and co-autor Dr. Peter Rosenbaum described a new classification system for social communication abilities in children with ASD. In this podcast video made by DMCN, they discuss the process involved in developing this tool, which can […]