News

2012

  • Dr. Pelphrey will be on WOR Radio's "The Joan Hamburg Show" April 10th at 12:35pm talking about his research! Listen Live!
  • Learn more about theAutism Awareness Week activities here at Yale! 
  • Rhea Paul, Ph. D. Prof. and Director of the Communication Disorders section of the Yale Child Study Center's Autism Research Program will be a speaker at the Haskins Training Institute Conference "Speech-Sound Disorders in Childhood: Early Indicators and Interventions" on Friday, March 16th in the Haskins Main Auditorium Yale Medical School. Register by March 9th. More here...
  • Congratulations to Martha Kaiser, Ph.D., Adam Naples, Ph.D. and Dan Campbell Ph.D. Autism Speaks awarded Dr. Kaiser with a Basic & Clinical Grant for her work examining very early development of the social brain utilizing functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) in a prospective, longitudinal study of infants at high risk for developing autism. Dr. Naples and Dr. Campbell received Postdoctoral Fellowships in Translational Autism Research From Autism Speaks. Naples for his work on concurrent eye movement and electrical brain activity (EEG), studying responses during simulated reciprocal social interactions, and Campbell for his work expanding the development of novel techniques for predicting diagnostic outcome. Read more...
  • Adult Social Skills Group forming now! Click here to learn more and how you can join this group!
  • Read about the research done by Roger Jou, M.D., Natasa Mateljevic, Martha Kaiser, Ph.D., Dan Sugrue, Fred Volkmar, Ph.D., and Kevin Pelphrey, Ph.D. on neural endophenotypes of autism at the Yale Child Neuroscience Laboratory featured in the SFARI article, Cognition and behavior: Autism brains have abnormal links
  • A Recent study by Dr. James McPartland shows that processing delays in autism are specific to social information. Read more on the Yale Developmental Electrophysiology Laboratory's research Here...
  • Learn more about our Regression Study! Click Here...
  • Learn more about our NEW Oxytocin Study! Click here...
  • Sara S. Sparrow Fellowship in Clinical Neuroscience - Application deadline: March 9, 2012. Learn more and apply now.
  • The laboratories of Dr. Linda Mayes and Kevin Pelphrey have joined forces to conduct cutting edge research on autism as featured on the SFARI website. The research was led by Associate Research Scientist, Michael Crowley and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Student, Danielle Bolling. Read More...

2011

  • Read Drs. Martha Kaiser & Kevin Pelphrey's paper on Disrupted Action Perception in Autism. Read More...
  • The Yale Autism Program will have 7 Presentations and 39 Posters at this year's IMFAR. Read More...
  • Dr. Fred Volkmar and Dr. James McPartland talk about the importance of early warning signs of autism and Yale's Research efforts at the Autism Program Read More...
  • Dr. Kevin Pelphrey has been elected Treasurer of the International Society for Autism Research!
  • The Child Neuroscience Lab's work was featured by the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee as one of the Top 20 Advances in the Field of Autism in 2010. Read More...
  • Drs James McPartland and Kevin Pelphrey will be speaking at the 2011 CSHL Workshop on Autism Spectrum Disorders in Cold Spring Harbor, NY June 8 - 14, 2011 Register here...
  • Dr. Kevin Pelphrey is a 2011 INSAR Board of Director Nominee! Read more here!
  • Dr. Kevin Pelphrey and Temple Grandin on WNPR to listen click here...
  • The Child Neuroscience Laboratory's work on the Autistic Brain makes the NIMH's Top 10 Research Events and Advances of 2010 Read more...
  • Yale Autism Program's Martha Dye, Keynote Speaker at 16th Annual Black Heritage Celebration More...
  • Learn more about new Sibling Research being conducted at Yale by Drs. Martha Kaiser and Kevin Pelphrey more...
  • Drs. Martha Kaiser, Kevin Pelphrey and their colleagues paper, "Neural signatures in autism," can be found on the PNAS website. Articles on Dr. Kaiser's paper can be found at Guardian.co.uk, My Health News Daily and Yale
  • Read the recent SFARI article "Cognition and behavior: Individuals with autism not tuned in to human motion."  

2010

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  • Autism Spectrum Disorders in Infants and Toddlers: Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment, by Drs. Kasia Chawarska, Ami Klin, Fred Volkmar, and Michael Powers is now available. Visit amazon.comto order this edition.
  • At this year's International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Autism Program researchers had their largest number of scientific presentations to date. To view the full list of oral and poster presentations by our group, click here. The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) highlighted a neuroimaging study by Dr. Kevin Pelphrey's group [link] and a blinking study by Sarah Shultz, a graduate student under Dr. Ami Klin [link]
  • Rhea Paul, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Director of the Yale Child Study Center's Laboratory of Development Communication Disorders, and her co-authors received the Slifka/Ritvo Innovation Award from the International Society for Autism Research.
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  • Dr. Rhea Paul appeared on NPR, discussing the topic 'Infants Recognize Voices, Emotions By 7 Months.' Visit the NPR page to listen to her talk.
  • Guiding Eyes presented their work at the Yale Child Study Center on January 15th. They have introduced a program in which its world-renowned dogs are trained to provide safety for children with autism. Visit http://www.guidingeyes.org/autism to learn more about their program.
  • Dr. Kevin Pelphrey recently appeared on the Charlie Rose Brain Series Episode Four.
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  • Dr. Fred Volkmarand his wife Dr. Lisa Wiesner recently wrote a book titled A Practical Guide to Autism: What Every Parent, Family Member, and Teacher Needs to Know, written specifically for parents, family members, and teachers this book is designed to provide easy access, reliable information on the range of issues relevant to autism and related disorders.
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  • We are offering a number of upcoming fellowships. Deadline is January, 6, 2010 more…
  • Drs. Ami Klinand Warren Jonesappeared on January 4, 2010 in the PBS series "This Emotional Life."

2009

  • An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All - Wired Magazine, October 19, 2009
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  • In Yale Autism Research, the Eyes Have It - Medicine @ Yale, September/October 2009
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  • Making Sense of Autism - Medicine @Yale, September/October 2009 more…
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  • Dr. Ami Klin appointed Harris Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry - July 17, 2009
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  • Warren Jones and Ami Klin were the highlighted authors in the May 14, 2009 issue of Nature, (issue 459, 2009)
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  • Two-year-olds with autism orient to non-social contingencies rather than biological motion - Nature, (issue 459, 2009)
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  • Yale Researchers Discover Mechanism for Social Development That is Absent in Autistic Children - Yale University Office of Public Affairs, March 30, 2009
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2008

  • In Focus: Yale Child Study Center: Cutting Edge research is fueling new treatments for children at this 'one-of-a-kind place' - Yale Bulletin & Calendar, April 4, 2008
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2007

  • Big Bucks for Autism Research - Nature, November 2007
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2005

  • Contra o autismo da sociedade - Gazeta Do Povo, July 10, 2005
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  • When Does Autism Start? Newsweek, February 28, 2005
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2004

  • Mapping the Social Mind - Yale Medicine, Summer 2004
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  • Lifting the Veils of Autism, One by One by One - New York Times, February 2004
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2003

  • NAAR Funding Played Key Role in Yale STAART Grant - NAARRATIVE, Spring 2003
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2002

  • $11 Million Grant to fund center's work on Autism - Yale Bulletin & Calendar, November 15, 2002
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  • Inside Autism - Yale Alumni Magazine, November 2002
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  • Experiment Offers Look Through Eyes of Autism - New York Times, June 11, 2002
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2001

  • New Hints Into the Biological Basis of Autism - Science, October 5, 2001
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  • Random Samples - Science, May 4, 2001
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2000

  • Atomphysik im Kindergarten - Spiegel Online, October 23, 2000
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  • Understanding Autism - Newsweek, July 31, 2000
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  • The Little Professor Syndrome - New York Times Magazine, June 18, 2000
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1999

  • Endowed Professorships, Yale Bulletin & Calendar, May-June, 1999
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1998

  • Asperger Syndrome: Autism's Shadow - Newsweek, January 28, 1998
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1997

  • My Coding Just Flies - Computerworld, April 14, 1997
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