February 9, 2012

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Welcome to CADDE, where autism research unites scientists, families, and clinical experts

The Johns Hopkins Center for Autism & Developmental Disabilities Epidemiology (CADDE) unites multi-disciplinary teams of researchers — from epidemiologists, statisticians, laboratory experts, psychologists, geneticists — to further the scientific knowledge about Autism Spectrum Disorders and other developmental disabilities.  We collaborate with other research sites, federal agencies, and autism surveillance efforts -- in Maryland, elsewhere in the United States, and beyond.

CADDE's mission is supported by another invaluable partner: the families affected by autism who graciously participate in research.  We thank you!


Study explores autism co-occurring conditions and diagnosis change

In a new Pediatrics article, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health examined the relationship between the co-occurring conditions in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), and whether the children’s ASD diagnosis remained stable or changed.

The study, “Co-occurring Conditions and Change in Diagnosis in Autism Spectrum Disorders,” was published online Jan. 23 and will appear in the February edition of Pediatrics.  The authors found that the type and number of co-occurring conditions vary by children’s age.  These conditions include anxiety, depression, developmental delay, speech problems, and seizures.

                                                  

Media coverage of the study

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“Our study found that children with a current ASD are more likely to have co-occurring conditions compared to children who no longer have an ASD diagnosis,” said Heather Close, the study’s lead author.

 “Clinicians working with children with ASD need to recognize that certain co-existing conditions of autism differentiate children who continue having the diagnosis from children who no longer have the diagnosis,” said the senior author, Dr. Li-Ching Lee, a psychiatric epidemiologist.  “Beside the core symptoms of autism, the clinicians would need to evaluate the child on these conditions." Both Lee and Close work at CADDE. 


 Study to Explore Early Development: Welcoming Phase II!

CADDE is proud to be one of six U.S. sites for the Study to Explore Early Development, a research project funded by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to find the causes of autism that may be related to genetic and environmental risk factors. 

In Maryland, SEED began recruiting families in 2008, enrolling mothers and their children ages 2 to 5. Now, three years later, the youngest of these children are finishing up their participation—and CADDE is excited to announce a second phase of SEED, which will begin recruiting families in spring 2012!   Read more...


Autism Speaks funds several CADDE projects

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health faculty M. Daniele Fallin and Li-Ching Lee are among the latest researchers to receive grants from Autism Speaks. Fallin is the director of the Center for Autism & Developmental Disabilities Epidemiology, and Lee is a CADDE co-director.  Read more...

  

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CADDE's current autism research

EARLI autism pregnancy brochure

EARLI (Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation) With the help of growing families, EARLI seeks clues about autism, starting during pregnancy.

Read the first volume of The EARLI Edition, the newsletter for the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation.

See a parent-friendly video of Dr. Daniele Fallin explaining the EARLI Study.


ADDM autism prevalance monitoring network logo

The Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring network (ADDM) estimates the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders, now thought to be 1 in 110 among 8-year-olds.


SEED research brochure

SEED (Study to Explore Early Development) is among the largest studies in the United States helping to identify factors that may put children at risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders and other developmental disabilities.


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Autism research at Johns Hopkins' CADDE

autism research staff

The staff of CADDE at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health marks 2011 World Autism Awareness Day. 

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CADDE's Partners

CADDE collaborates with a variety of research institutions and agencies.

Kennedy Krieger Institute  

Maryland education department

Centers for Disease Control

National Institutes of Health


What's new

Family in autism pregnancy research study

Read The Baltimore Sun magazine's article about the EARLI study and one participating Carroll County family. 

 Family in research looking at causes of autism

Watch WBAL TV's news segment about a participating EARLI family in Anne Arundel County. 

Dr. Dani Fallin at Johns Hopkins

Listen to M. Daniele Fallin, Ph.D., talk about epigenetics and the EARLI study, from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health magazine

EARLI is mentioned in the Afro American newspaper!


Now enrolling

EARLI autism pregnancy study

Visit us at these community events!

Harford County Early Years Expo, April 14

Honestly Autism Day, April 21 at Towson University

Kennedy Krieger's ROAR for Autism, April 29

Port Discovery museum in Baltimore, May 8 and 9

Bowie Baysox Autism Awareness Night, June 22

 

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