Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Kelly Botteron, MD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Structural brain differences in children and adolescents with affective disorders, attention deficit disorder and autism
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Down Syndrome
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Joseph Dougherty, PhD
Genetics
Research Topics
- Neurodevelopmental Disorder
- Transcription Regulation
- Translation Regulation
- Behavior
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Robert Fitzgerald, PhD, MPH
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder and related developmental disabilities
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Adam Kepecs, PhD
Neuroscience
Research Topics
- Identify neural processes underlying specific behavioral capacities in rodent models of cognition
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Natasha Marrus, MD, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Autism
- Development of language and social cognition
- Social motivation
- Emotion regulation in early childhood
- Biomarkers of child psychiatric disorders
- Neuroimaging
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John Pruett Jr., MD, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Functional Brain Networks in Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Mechanisms Supporting Joint Attention Behaviors
- Theory of Mind and Higher-Order Relational Reasoning