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Craig
J.
Newschaffer
,
PhD

Professor
- Adjunct
Craig Newschaffer

Departmental Affiliations

Affiliated

Contact Info

615 N. Wolfe St. E6030
Baltimore
Maryland
21205
US        
410-502-6652

Research Interests

  • Epidemiology
  • autism
  • breast cancer
  • comorbidity
  • gene-environment interaction
Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
PhD
Johns Hopkins University
MS
Harvard University
Overview

My research interests are in autism and neurodevelopmental disorders, breast cancer, and chronic disease comorbidity. I direct the Johns Hopkins Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Epidemiology whose mission is to advance knowledge on the population distribution and determinants of autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities through establishment of surveillance systems, participation in a collaborative, multi-centered case-control study, and conduct of innovative, Center-specific research. I also have a number of active research projects in the molecular epidemiology of breast cancer and work actively with the Epidemiology department's cancer research group.

Select Publications
  • Newschaffer CJ, Falb MD, Gurney JG. National autism prevalence trends from US special education data. Pediatrics, 115:e277-282; 2005.

  • Jansiewicz EM, Newschaffer CJ, Denckla MB, Mostofsky SH. Impaired habituation in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Cogn Behav Neurol. 17:1-8; 2004.

  • Mostofsky SH, Newschaffer CJ , Denckla MB. Overflow Movements Predict Impaired Response Inhibition in Children with ADHD. Percept Mot Skills. 97:1315-1331; 2003.

  • Kaufmann WE, Cooper KL, Mostofsky SH, Capone CT, Kates WR, Newschaffer CJ, Bukelis I, Stump MH, Jann AE, Lanham DC. Specificity of cerebellar vermian abnormalities in autism: A quantitative MRI study. J Child Neurol. 18(7):463-70; 2003.

  • Newschaffer CJ , Curran LK. Autism: An emerging public health problem. Public Health Rep 118(5):393-399; 2003.