Stay tuned for details on our 4th annual Huddle Up for Autism, when CAR and the Philadelphia Eagles join together once again to bring families living with autism a day of fun, education, and awareness at Lincoln Financial Field.
Dr. Rump is a clinical autism fellow at the Center for Autism Research. She completed her Master of Science degree in psychology at Villanova University in 2003 and earned her doctorate in both clinical and developmental psychology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2010. During her doctoral training under the mentorship of Mark Strauss, Ph.D., Dr. Rump investigated the development of emotion recognition and understanding in children, adolescents, and adults with autism. She also conducted comprehensive evaluations of toddlers and children with suspected autism spectrum disorders. Dr. Rump completed her clinical internship at the Mailman Center for Child Development at the University of Miami School of Medicine with a particular focus on neurodevelopmental disabilities and comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations of children with chronic medical conditions. Dr. Rump's clinical and research interests include emotion processing in individuals with autism spectrum disorders, how this changes with development, and how this relates to the assessment and treatment of comorbid depression and anxiety disorders.