From a chance meeting at a Bass Connections faculty mixer, Geri Dawson and Guillermo Sapiro collaborated to create the No. 1 health app in the Apple app store – Duke Health’s Autism & Beyond—. They’ve merged minds in a way that only happens at Duke.

Dawson and Sapiro are part of a select cross-campus team of more than 30 faculty, students, staff, and Duke alumni at Apple who have collaborated across disciplines to change the way we diagnose autism. They aim to utilize technology and medicine to better diagnose and assess children’s emotions and behavior.https://patienttalk.org/wp-admin/post-new.php#edit_timestamp

Dawson, who runs the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development, is also working on autism treatments. Her work with physician Joanne Kurtzberg on cord blood stem cell treatments is so promising, it received a $40 million gift from the Marcus Foundation.

Take a look at how Dawson and Sapiro have provided more children and parents with access to early intervention for autism.

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