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The mentored 4-year award is a bridge to independence in developing psychosocial interventions that will improve mental health and quality of life for autistic adults.A substantial proportion of autistic people identify as sexual or gender minorities (e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or gender non-conforming). </p> <p class="more-link"><a href="https://sssw.hunter.cuny.edu/professor-laura-graham-holmes-has-been-awarded-an-nih-k23-patient-oriented-research-career-development-award-from-nimh/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">…</span></a></p> </div>  </div> </article> <article id="post-11426" class="clearfix post-11426 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news"> <div class="home-entry"> <header class="entry-header"> <h3 class="entry-title-home"><a href="https://sssw.hunter.cuny.edu/silberman-social-work-reports-record-enrollment/">Silberman School of Social Work Reports Record Enrollment</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i><a href="https://sssw.hunter.cuny.edu/silberman-social-work-reports-record-enrollment/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-09-09T09:13:52-04:00">September 9, 2024</time></a></span> </div> </header> <div class="clearfix entry-content"> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="801" data-permalink="https://sssw.hunter.cuny.edu/about/08032-00-3/" data-orig-file="https://s27588.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/building.jpg.optimal.jpg" data-orig-size="782,871" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Chuck Choi","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1316075043","copyright":"Photographer \/ Artist","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"08032.00"}" data-image-title="" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://s27588.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/building-269x300.jpg.optimal.jpg" data-large-file="https://s27588.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/building.jpg.optimal.jpg" class="wp-image-801 alignleft" src="https://s27588.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/building-269x300.jpg.optimal.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="140" srcset="https://s27588.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/building-269x300.jpg.optimal.jpg 269w, https://s27588.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/building.jpg.optimal.jpg 782w" sizes="(max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px" />Hunter College’s Lois V. and Samuel J. 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