Speaker
Dr. Alexia Ostrolenk
CIHR Health System Impact Fellow, Autism Alliance of Canada | Alliance canadienne de l’autisme, Postdoctoral Fellow – Unity Health Toronto
Biography
Alexia Ostrolenk, PhD (she/her) is a postdoctoral fellow at the Autism Alliance of Canada, in partnership with Unity Health Toronto. She completed her PhD in Psychiatric Science at the Université de Montréal. Her research focuses on reading and language development in autistic children, bridging scientific inquiry and real-world practice. Her current work contributes to the development and implementation of Canada’s first autism strategy. Alexia is also an engaged science communicator and the recipient of a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Health System Impact Fellowship, which supports her postdoctoral training.