Autism: Untangling Complex Causes

Start
May 05, 2010
08:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location
Health & Wellness Center Auditorium, 847 Easton Rd., Warrington, PA 18976
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Autism: Untangling Complex Causes - $50.00 (USD)
Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to hear the world-renowned Dr. Craig Newschaffer from Drexel University talk about findings, trends, and what’s ahead in the research on the causes of autism. Dr. Newschaffer is the Principal Investigator of the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI), the most comprehensive study of autism etiology in the world. During his presentation, Dr. Newschaffer will discuss the highly complex disease of autism and talk about what we are learning about the condition’s causes. He will also touch on some of the challenges faced communicating findings on autism risk factors to different audiences. Workshop Objectives At the end of this activity, the learner will: - Know the history of research on autism’s causes - Learn the basic descriptive epidemiology of autism - Be familiar with some of the candidate genetic and environmental causes being actively investigated in autism research. - Be mindful of the challenges faced in explaining autism research findings, and - Develop strategies for helping families and other general audiences access and understand this research. Dr. Newschaffer is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Drexel University. He joined Drexel from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where he founded and directed the Hopkins Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Epidemiology. At Drexel, Dr. Newschaffer leads an NIH Autism Center of Excellence project studying a large cohort of mothers of children with autism at the start of subsequent pregnancies. Dr. Newschaffer holds a masters degree in health policy from Harvard University and a doctoral degree in epidemiology from JohnsHopkins University, and maintains an appointment as an adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins.

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Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to hear the world-renowned Dr. Craig Newschaffer from Drexel University talk about findings, trends, and what’s ahead in the research on the causes of autism. Dr. Newschaffer is the Principal Investigator of the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI), the most comprehensive study of autism etiology in the world. During his presentation, Dr. Newschaffer will discuss the highly complex disease of autism and talk about what we are learning about the condition’s causes. He will also touch on some of the challenges faced communicating findings on autism risk factors to different audiences.

Workshop Objectives

At the end of this activity, the learner will:

- Know the history of research on autism’s causes

- Learn the basic descriptive epidemiology of autism

- Be familiar with some of the candidate genetic and environmental causes being actively investigated in autism research.

- Be mindful of the challenges faced in explaining autism research findings, and

- Develop strategies for helping families and other general audiences access and understand this research.

Dr. Newschaffer is Professor and Chairman of the Newschaffer photo.jpg Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Drexel University. He joined Drexel from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where he founded and directed the Hopkins Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Epidemiology. At Drexel, Dr. Newschaffer leads an NIH Autism Center of Excellence project studying a large cohort of mothers of children with autism at the start of subsequent pregnancies. Dr. Newschaffer holds a masters degree in health policy from Harvard University and a doctoral degree in epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University, and maintains an appointment as an adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins.