{"id":1632,"date":"2026-10-27T16:32:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rucares\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2026-10-27T16:32:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:32:37","slug":"2026-njace-and-rucares-conference-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rucares\/2026-njace-and-rucares-conference-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NJACE and RUCARES Conference Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">On September 24, 2026, the New Jersey Autism Center of Excellence (NJACE) and the <a title=\"https:\/\/brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu\/our-centers\/rucares\/\" href=\"https:\/\/brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu\/our-centers\/rucares\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-ogsc=\"\">Rutgers University Center for Autism Research, Education, and Services<\/a> (RUCARES), a key part of the\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu\/\" href=\"https:\/\/brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\" data-ogsc=\"\">Rutgers Brain Health Institute <\/a>(BHI), hosted their 3<sup>rd<\/sup> annual conference at Rutgers University. This event united autism spectrum disorder (ASD) researchers and professionals\u00a0as they learned more about current trends and research in the field. Our keynote speakers were Dr. Brian Boyd (University of North Carolin, Chapel Hill) and Dr. Xinyu Zhao ( University of Wisconsin \u2013 Madison). Others presentations were given by Dr. Ethan Goldberg ( Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia), Dr. William Graves (Rutgers University), Dr. Brian Greer (Director of RUCARES, Children\u2019s Specialized Hospital) and Dr. Tracey Tran (University of Vermont) We would like to thank all speakers, presenters, and attendees for their participation!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1632 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rucares\/2026-njace-and-rucares-conference-recap\/dji_export_20260928_photo_0001\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rucares\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/652\/2026\/10\/dji_export_20260928_photo_0001-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rucares\/2026-njace-and-rucares-conference-recap\/dji_export_20260928_photo_0004\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rucares\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/652\/2026\/10\/dji_export_20260928_photo_0004-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rucares\/2026-njace-and-rucares-conference-recap\/dji_export_20260928_photo_0005\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rucares\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/652\/2026\/10\/dji_export_20260928_photo_0005-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rucares\/2026-njace-and-rucares-conference-recap\/dji_export_20260928_photo_0013\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rucares\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/652\/2026\/10\/dji_export_20260928_photo_0013-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rucares\/2026-njace-and-rucares-conference-recap\/dji_export_20260928_photo_0015\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rucares\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/652\/2026\/10\/dji_export_20260928_photo_0015-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rucares\/2026-njace-and-rucares-conference-recap\/dji_export_20260928_photo_0018\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rucares\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/652\/2026\/10\/dji_export_20260928_photo_0018-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rucares\/2026-njace-and-rucares-conference-recap\/dji_export_20260928_photo_0019\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rucares\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/652\/2026\/10\/dji_export_20260928_photo_0019-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 24, 2026, the New Jersey Autism Center of Excellence (NJACE) and the Rutgers University Center for Autism Research, Education, and Services (RUCARES), a key part of the\u00a0Rutgers Brain &hellip; 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