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UNC School of Medicine Faculty Earn Harvey Award
Laura Klinger, PhD, associate professor in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, will lead a team developing a neurodiversity toolkit to help companies address challenges faced by employees with autism, such as social…
AskBio, UNC-Chapel Hill Collaborate on Angelman Syndrome Gene Therapy Research
A UNC School of Medicine research team led by Mark Zylka, PhD, and Ben Philpot, PhD, has generated preclinical evidence that gene therapy may help individuals with Angelman syndrome by improving seizure and motor outcomes….
Working Together to Transform Lives
Collaboration, expertise and passion are the heart of research at Carolina, making it a one-of-a-kind university with unmatched capabilities in interdisciplinary research. These capabilities are translated into many different sectors of research and development, one…
Scientists Create Tool to Detect Genes Associated with Psychiatric, Neurodegenerative Diseases
Led by UNC School of Medicine neuroscientist Hyejung Won, PhD, researchers created H-MAGMA, a computational tool that improves current technology used to link non-coding genetic variants to the genes associated with diseases through genome-wide association…
On The Frontlines of Autism Research: North Carolina Professors Study Early Detection, Treatment
On the Frontlines of Autism Research: North Carolina Professors Study Early Detection, Treatment From WBUR’s “Here and Now” | By Jeremy Hobson and Francesca Paris Listen to the interview here. January 28, 2020 Researchers at the University of…
NIH Awards Zylka Lab $6.8 Million to Study Autism, ADHD Environmental Risks
NIH Awards Zylka Lab $6.8 Million to Study Autism, ADHD Environmental Risks This eight-year project will focus on the interactions between genetics and environmental exposures that may contribute to neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and…
UNC-Chapel Hill to Co-lead $9.5 million Effort to Detect Autism Earlier
The NIH grant will help researchers led by Joe Piven, MD, determine if earlier detection can lead to earlier behavioral interventions to improve outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorder. May 29, 2019 By Mark…
2019 Marks UNC’s Third Year Participating in Largest Genetic Autism Research Study
From UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom (April 15, 2019) Gabriel Dichter, PhD, director of research at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, said one of the main goals of the SPARK…
Investigating Molecular Processes in Autism and Other Brain Disorders
Mark Zylka, Ph.D. March 26, 2019 (From https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/success/2019/zylka/index.cfm) Mark Zylka, Ph.D., professor of cell biology and physiology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC), uses cell cultures and mouse models to study the…
UNC Autism Paper Makes Top 10 List
Mark Shen, PhD, at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, was first author on a scientific paper last November that Autism Speaks named as one of the top 10 research papers in 2018. The science…