1st Annual IHDD Research Day – June 15, 2023
The first annual Research Day will showcase the IHDD's research and highlight its collaborations with other departments and organizations at the UW and beyond.
UW and IHDD: Autism Biomarker’s Consortium for Clinical Trials
Most large-scale randomized controlled pharmaceutical clinical trials for children with neurodevelopmental disorders have failed in the past decade.
For Autism: Asking Why a Gene Mutation’s Symptoms May Vary
The genotypic and phenotypic complexity related to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is extraordinary. Even mutations in single genes strongly associated with ASD...
Using Big Data to Treat Epileptic Seizures
One of the most common brain disorders, epilepsy affects around 1% of the United States population: close to 3 million adults and more than 450,000 children. It was first mentioned in ancient Greek...
Building a Down Syndrome Atlas
Down syndrome affects more than 6,000 babies born each year in the United States, including 1 in 700 newborns and even more pregnancies. From a scientific perspective, much has happened...
Understanding How Low Levels of Domoic Acid Affect Brain Development
Alfred Hitchcock may have taken inspiration for his film The Birds from an episode of shellfish poisoning. To back up a bit, after hundreds of seabirds slammed into houses, cars, and people in a [...]
Sequencing Genes in a Complex Disorder: Decoding the Genetics of Epilepsy
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE) are a severe type of epilepsy characterized by multiple unprovoked seizures that can begin from the time of in utero...
Understanding How Childhood Trauma Impacts Development and Mental Health
Understanding How Childhood Trauma Impacts Development and Mental Health: In recent years, there has been a surge of research into early brain development.