CSUSB’s Institute for Family Relations to sponsor autism lecture

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- Autism and its possible causes will be explored in a presentation by Cal State San Bernardino professor of nursing Teresa Dodd-Butera on Tuesday, Oct. 8.

CSUSB’s Institute for Child Development and Family Relations will present the lecture in collaboration with University Center for Developmental Disabilities, Project CUIDAR, the Children’s Network-San Bernardino and the Carolyn E. Wiley Center.

Dodd-Butera brings vast experience and knowledge about environmental exposure and its potential causation of autism spectrum disorder. She earned a Ph.D. in toxicology and international health, with a research focus on exposures to the maternal-fetal environment. She has written and presented on public health, environmental threats and poison prevention strategies.

In addition, Dodd-Butera is a registered nurse and a diplomat of the American Board of Applied Toxicology. Besides teaching at CSUSB, she is also an adjunct faculty member at San Diego State University’s Graduate School of Public Health.

For more information about this or any of the institute’s free lectures, contact Kim McDonald at (909) 537-3679 or emailkmcdonal@csusb.edu.

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