Mitra wins grant to expand opportunities for underrepresented students (Links to an external site)
African American breast cancer patients less likely to receive genetic counseling, testing (Links to an external site)
$12.2 million to fund new Conte Center to study neurosteroids (Links to an external site)
Complements efforts of Taylor Family Institute to develop treatments for psychiatric illness
COVID-19 Screening in Schools for Children with IDD (Links to an external site)
COVID-19 transmission at school rare for children with disabilities (Links to an external site)
Brain tumors caused by normal neuron activity in mice predisposed to such tumors (Links to an external site)
Podcast: Pandemic contributing to uptick of mental health problems in kids (Links to an external site)
Finding a possible early treatment for COVID-19 in a 40-year-old antidepressant (Links to an external site)
Developmental Disabilities Heighten Risk of Covid Death (Links to an external site)
People with intellectual disabilities and developmental disorders are three times more likely to die of Covid-19, compared with patients without the conditions, a new analysis found.
Alzheimer’s in adults with Down syndrome focus of multicenter NIH grant (Links to an external site)
Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine are taking part in a multisite study to investigate the biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in people with Down syndrome.
Dr. Joan Luby: Ruane Prize Recipient from Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
A virtual lecture from her will be available on 10/30: How Early Childhood Experiences Shape Brain Development and Influence Mental and Physical Health Trajectories
Basis of developmental disabilities focus of $11.3 million in grants (Links to an external site)
Rare Neurologic Disease Research: Development and Advancement of Rare Disease Natural History Studies (Links to an external site)
Dr. Amy Viehoever
COVID-19 disproportionately affects developmentally disabled (Links to an external site)
In great need of in-person supports, developmentally disabled are overlooked in pandemic-related decisions, experts say
Inherited Risk for Autism Through Maternal and Paternal Lineage (Links to an external site)
Research about the “female protective effect” in autism