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Eileen Crehan

Assistant professor
Tufts University

Eileen Crehan is assistant professor of child study and human development at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Her research efforts center on social impairments and functioning in adolescents and young adults with autism. Crehan is also interested in the development of programming related to sexuality and relationship formation for autistic individuals.

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