On May 13, 2021, Elise Robinson, Sc.D., was the guest speaker for the NIMH Director’s Innovation Speaker Series. Dr. Robinson discussed rare and common genetic risk factors for ASDs, and the association between those risk factors and ASD heterogeneity.
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On May 13, 2021, Elise Robinson, Sc.D., will discuss genetic clues to autism heterogeneity during the NIMH Director’s Innovation Speaker Series.
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On May 13, 2021, Elise Robinson, Sc.D., will discuss genetic clues to autism heterogeneity during the NIMH Director’s Innovation Speaker Series.
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Dr. Peter Bandettini and Dr. Susan Amara discuss how advantages of the Intramural Research Program such as flexibility, diversity, and collaboration have led to major discoveries in mental health research.
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This video will tell you about the risks and benefits of participating in clinical research.
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In this message for Autism Awareness Month, Dr. Gordon highlights the specific impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic has had for individuals on the autism spectrum and their families.
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We will be talking about what stress and anxiety are, where they come from, and different ways of coping with them. We will also talk about how the brain works in teenagers and why this is such an important time of development.
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we will talk about how stress affects the brain. We will talk a little bit about the brain, how stress affects the brain, and then we will practice a technique that can help you to feel a little bit more relaxed and calm when you are feeling stressed out.
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A mobile app was successful at distinguishing toddlers diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from typically developing toddlers based on their eye movements while watching videos, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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On April 15, 2021, Beverly Davidson, Ph.D., was the guest speaker for the NIMH Director’s Innovation Speaker Series. Dr. Davidson is the Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Arthur V. Meigs, Chair in Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and director of the Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics at CHOP. She provided an overview of recent research approaches for inherited disorders that impact central nervous system (CNS) function during her talk.
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