内布拉斯加大学医学中心获152,855美元拨款：眼动诊断工具EarliPoint下乡，缩短5岁以下自闭症诊断等待
位于内布拉斯加州Omaha市的内布拉斯加大学医学中心（UNMC）11月4日宣布，该校Munroe-Meyer研究所获得152,855美元拨款，将把一套眼动追踪自闭症诊断工具送进内布拉斯加州的农村诊所，缩短幼儿等候诊断的时间。
拨款来自慈善团体Women Investing in Nebraska（WIN），在该团体于Omaha举行的年度颁奖仪式上宣布；WIN今年共发出两笔152,855美元拨款，合计305,710美元，资金由其419名成员个人捐赠汇集。WIN联合主席Lisa Smith说，该组织15年来已资助30个项目。
Munroe-Meyer研究所的项目名为「扩大EarliPoint可及性、缓解自闭症等待名单危机」。EarliPoint是经美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）批准的诊断工具，用眼动追踪帮助诊断5岁以下儿童的自闭症，可用于讲西班牙语与英语的儿童。项目将把评估嵌入现有医疗场所、理顺转介路径，让农村与服务不足社区的孩子更早确诊并接入干预服务。
项目负责人、心理学助理教授Rachel Schumacher博士说，这笔钱能把EarliPoint直接带进最需要它的诊所与社区，缩短等待、让孩子更早得到早期干预。
WIN的另一笔同额拨款授予Omaha的食物救援机构Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue，该机构从本地商家回收多余的易腐食品、转送给服务饥饿人群的非营利伙伴。
（来源：内布拉斯加大学医学中心）
UNMC Institute Wins $152,855 Grant: Taking the EarliPoint Eye-Tracking Autism Test Rural to Cut Under-5 Diagnosis Waits in Nebraska
The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha, Nebraska, announced on November 4 that its Munroe-Meyer Institute has received a $152,855 grant to take an eye-tracking autism diagnostic tool into rural Nebraska clinics and shorten diagnosis waits for young children.
The grant comes from Women Investing in Nebraska (WIN), a collective-giving organization, and was one of two $152,855 awards WIN presented at its annual ceremony in Omaha, totaling $305,710 and funded by the personal contributions of its 419 members. WIN co-chair Lisa Smith said the group has invested in 30 projects over 15 years.
The institute's project, "Increasing Access to EarliPoint to Reduce the Autism Waitlist Crisis," centers on EarliPoint, a diagnostic tool approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that uses eye-tracking to help diagnose autism in children under age 5, and works for both Spanish- and English-speaking children. The project will integrate assessments into existing health care settings and strengthen referral pathways so children in rural and underserved communities are diagnosed and connected to intervention earlier.
"This funding lets us bring EarliPoint, a groundbreaking eye-tracking autism diagnostic tool, directly into the clinics and communities where Nebraska families need it most, cutting wait times and connecting kids with early intervention services sooner," said project lead Rachel Schumacher, PhD, an assistant professor of psychology.
WIN's second grant of the same amount went to Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue of Omaha, which collects excess perishable food from local businesses and delivers it to nonprofit partners serving Nebraskans facing hunger.
(Source: University of Nebraska Medical Center)
来源：内布拉斯加大学医学中心
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