Autism Spectrum Demonstration Project Team Lead Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, PhD, has been named a recipient of one of 47 new Autism Speaks research grants awarded in late December 2011. In conjunction with the Baby Siblings Research Consortium and the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange, Dr. Zwaigenbaum will assess the relationship between ASD-related gene copy number variation and symptom trajectories of at-risk infants between ages 6 and 36 months in a full grant funded for three years. The collaborative project is one of several studies funded by Autism Speaks that will focus on aspects of early behavioural risk for ASD.
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