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Three UNC Autism Research Studies Earn End of Year Honors
Autism Speaks, Spectrum, and the NIH singled out innovative work from Joseph Pivens research team as top studies advancing the field of autism research in 2017. CHAPEL HILL, NC Three UNC School of…
Autism research from UNC faculty Heather Hazlett, Joe Piven, Mark Shen, and Robert Emerson are among the notable papers published in 2017.
Autism Speaks science staff and advisers review the 2017 studies that most powerfully advanced understanding, treatment and support for people on the autism spectrum. Research from UNC faculty Heather Hazlett, Joe Piven, Mark Shen, and Robert…
UNC School of Medicine Professors Elected as AAAS Fellows
Blossom Damania and Mark Zylka have been recognized by the worlds largest general scientific society for their contributions to the fields of biological and medical sciences. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)…
Early Brain Imaging in Infants May Help Predict Autism
Tracy Hampton, PhD Article Information JAMA. 2017;318(13):1211-1212. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.13706 Infants at high familial risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) do not typically exhibit symptoms in their first year of life, but new research indicates that magnetic resonance imaging…
Faulty cell signaling derails cerebral cortex development, could it lead to autism?
As the embryonic brain develops, an incredibly complex cascade of cellular events occur, starting with progenitors the originating cells that generate neurons and spur proper cortex development. If this cascade malfunctions if one…
UNC named NIH Autism Center of Excellence for third time
As part of a five-year, $7.5 million award, UNC researchers led by Joseph Piven, MD, will follow up on innovative imaging studies to create interventions to help children with autism. The National Institutes of Health…
UNC scientist to lead $10-million project to build brain-imaging technology
The five-year NSF project led by UNC researcher Spencer Smith will develop new imaging systems and technology to explore the brain like never before. The brain is so incredibly important to human health and yet…
Researchers use MRIs to predict which high-risk babies will develop autism as toddlers
This first-of-its-kind study used MRIs to image the brains of infants, and then researchers used brain measurements and a computer algorithm to accurately predict autism before symptoms set in. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in…