RI Statewide Autism Research Project Looking for New Participants
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
The Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment – a group of the state’s leading experts on autism research, education, health, and services – is currently enrolling new participants into its confidential statewide registry.
The data collected from the registry will help for RI-CART to identify genes involved in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and related developmental disorders to better understand the origins of autism and potentially create treatment options.
The press release from RI-CART describes autism as “a complex neurodevelopmental condition that emerges in childhood. Autistic warning signs include complex symptoms that appear prior to age three, such as abnormal communication and social interaction, and rigid and repetitive stereotyped behaviors. Options for diagnosis and treatment of autism remain limited – leading to the need for larger-scale studies of the origins of autism, and how best to identify and provide effective treatment as soon as possible.”
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThis research project is led by Eric Morrow, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor in biology at Brown University and a genetics researcher at Bradley Hospital, and Stephen Shienkopf, Ph.D., an assistant professor of pediatrics, psychiatry, and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and a clinical psychologist and researcher at Women $ Infants Hospital. The study is supported by a grant from the Brown Institute for Brain Science, the Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute, the Brown Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Bradley Hospital, The Rhode Island Foundation, and the Department of Pediatrics at Women & Infants Hospital, along with a major grant from the Simons Foundation.
The study is looking to enroll 2,000 children and adults living in Rhode Island who have been carefully assessed clinically. For more information about RI-CART, its research, or to enroll in the registry, please call 401-432-1200, email [email protected], or visit www.AutismRI.org.
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