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<span style="color:black">Applications for this are due Monday 04/18:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Are you a graduate student who is interested in neurodiversity? Do you want to learn more about advocacy, policy, and leadership? Are you looking to work with an interdisciplinary
team? If so, we invite you to apply to the UC-LEND program!  </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">UC-LEND is a year-long training program under the direction of autism researcher and primary care physician <b>Alice Kuo, MD, PhD, MBA </b>and associated UCLA and UCR faculty:  </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Jan Blacher, PhD - UCR Site Director </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Kashia Rosenau, PhD - Training Director </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Emily Hotez, PhD - Research Director  </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> <br>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">We welcome students from all disciplines and encourage anyone who is interested in neurodiversity to apply. More details are listed on our </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/uc-lend.med.ucla.edu/__;!!F9wkZZsI-LA!R_2QTMjbEI1x3XHbFxT6k-GB920tSrQC5Ho2LGyH5uiTYgyx_wCGY3T4yC8tlLQUt07a7C0$" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">website</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Upcoming event!! LEND is hosting a neurodiversity in higher education panel this Friday 4/8/22 at 12pm. Please register
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here</a> to receive a zoom link for virtual attendance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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