Summer Institute Christina Nicolaidis & Dora Raymaker Session
Equitable Inclusion of Autistic Adults as Co-Researchers
Christina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH
Professor & Senior Scholar of Social Determinants of Health, Portland State University & Adjunct Associate Professor at Oregon Health & Science University
Dr. Nicolaidis as an internist and services researcher, has devoted most of her career to equitably partnering with marginalized communities to improve their health and healthcare. She co-founded and co-directs that Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE; www.aaspire.org).
Research Assistant Professor, Portland State University
Dora Raymaker, Ph.D., is a Research Assistant Professor at Portland State University’s Regional Research Institute for Human Services in the School of Social Work, Co-director of the Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE), and associate editor of the journal "Autism in Adulthood."