The NIMH Director’s Innovation Speaker Series: Genetic Clues to Autism Heterogeneity

 Date/Time: Thursday, May 13, 2021, 3:00–4:00 PM ET

Location: Virtual

On May 13, 2021, Elise Robinson, Sc.D., will be the guest speaker for the NIMH Director’s Innovation Speaker Series. Dr. Robinson is an assistant professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an institute member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Dr. Robinson is also an affiliated faculty member with the Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Robinson’s research focuses on the genetic epidemiology of behavior and cognition. Recent studies have produced a wealth of genetic associations to autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and related neuropsychiatric disorders. Dr. Robinson’s lab focuses on the interpretation of these results using detailed human behavioral, cognitive, and medical data. Dr. Robinson will discuss rare and common genetic risk factors for ASDs, and the association between those risk factors and ASD heterogeneity. Registration for this free online event is required. Watch the last NIMH Director's Innovation Speaker Series lecture featuring Dr. Beverly Davidson on Advancing Therapies for Central Nervous System Disorders.

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