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Maame Amoako from Duke University conducts research with the ACACIA study team

Maame Amoako of Duke University Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, was recently awarded the Bernard Carroll Research Scholarship which allowed her to visit CARA and conduct research with the ACACIA Project Team.

Prof Petrus de Vries presides over first INSAR conference held in the southern hemisphere

Prof de Vries, currently president of the International Society of Autism Research (INSAR), recently presided over the annual INSAR conference held in the southern hemisphere for the first time - in Melbourne, Australia

SA-ACAPAP 2024 a resounding success

Congratulations to the many CARA members who organised and participated in the highly successful SA-ACAPAP conference held in Stellenbosch from 7-9 March.

First ever situational analysis of child and adolescent mental health in Khartoum, Sudan

Drs Abdalhai, Mokitimi and de Vries of CARA recently published the first ever situational analysis of child and adolescent mental health in the Khartoum district, Sudan

CARA members publish in Autism Journal Special Issue: Autism Research in a Global Context

Three CARA teams and / or members published papers in the recently released Autism Special Issue on Autism Research in a Global Context.

ACACIA team meet at Duke University

Members of the ACACIA research project team meet at Duke University as part of their research partnership.

The importance of global research with Prof de Vries

As the Mickey Milner International Professorship Keynote speaker at the 18th annual BRI Symposium, Professor de Vries was recently interviewed on the importance of global research.

Prof de Vries awarded two global mental health awards

We are so proud to report that Professor Petrus de Vries recently received two prestigious global awards for his outstanding contribution to the field of child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health.

Prof de Vries profiled in Spectrum News

Prof Petrus de Vries and his work on autism spectrum disorder in South Africa was recently profiled in Spectrum News by Linda Nordling in a piece entitled: Petrus de Vries: Architect of the autism research field in Africa.

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