The following is a selected list of publications related to the Duke Autism Center of Excellence research projects. To see all publications authored by a particular investigator, visit our Leadership and Faculty page and search for the individual by name.
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Brandsen, Sam, Tara Chandrasekhar, Lauren Franz, Jordan Grapel, Geraldine Dawson, and David Carlson. “Prevalence of bias against neurodivergence-related terms in artificial intelligence language models.” Autism Res 17, no. 2 (February 2024): 234–48. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3094.
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Chandrasekhar, Tara, and Qin Hu. “Meeting the mental health needs of autistic college students: a survey of university and college counseling center clinicians.” J Am Coll Health 72, no. 1 (January 2024): 40–46. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2021.2013239.
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Brandsen, S., K. Blackshear, R. Coleman, S. Hallur, and T. Chandrasekhar. “Developing an Inclusive Campus for Autistic Students.” Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, January 1, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000551.
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Franz, Lauren, Marisa Viljoen, Sandy Askew, Musaddiqah Brown, Geraldine Dawson, J Matias Di Martino, Guillermo Sapiro, et al. “Autism Caregiver Coaching in Africa (ACACIA): Protocol for a type 1-hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial.” PLoS One 19, no. 1 (2024): e0291883. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291883.
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Gu, Zhengyi, Geraldine Dawson, and Matthew Engelhard. “Sex differences in the age of childhood autism diagnosis and the impact of co-occurring conditions.” Autism Res 16, no. 12 (December 2023): 2391–2402. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3043.
- Herkert, Darby, Connor Sullivan, YiQin Zhu, and Geraldine Dawson. “Prevalence and nature of prior developmental and medical concerns in toddlers who screen positive for autism in primary care.” Autism 27, no. 8 (November 2023): 2361–71. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231162146.
- Howard, Jill, Brianna Herold, Samantha Major, Caroline Leahy, Kevin Ramseur, Lauren Franz, Megan Deaver, et al. “Associations between executive function and attention abilities and language and social communication skills in young autistic children.” Autism 27, no. 7 (October 2023): 2135–44. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231154310.
- Perochon, Sam, J Matias Di Martino, Kimberly L. H. Carpenter, Scott Compton, Naomi Davis, Brian Eichner, Steven Espinosa, et al. “Early detection of autism using digital behavioral phenotyping.” Nat Med 29, no. 10 (October 2023): 2489–97. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02574-3.
- Franz, Lauren, Marisa Viljoen, Sandy Askew, Musaddiqah Brown, Geraldine Dawson, J Matias Di Martino, Guillermo Sapiro, et al. “Autism Caregiver Coaching in Africa (ACACIA): Protocol for a type 1-hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial.” MedRxiv, September 11, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.10.23295331.
- Dawson, Geraldine. “Could an Eye-Tracking Test Aid Clinicians in Making an Autism Diagnosis?: New Findings and a Look to the Future.” JAMA 330, no. 9 (September 5, 2023): 815–17. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2023.3092.
- Wall, C. A.,Sabatos-DeVito, M., Franz, L., Howard, J.,Major, S., Bey, A., & Dawson, G. (2023). Eye-tracking measures of social versus nonsocialattention are related to level of social engagementduring naturalistic caregiver-child interactions inautistic children. Autism Research, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2920
- Howard, J., Herold, B., Major, S., Leahy, C., Ramseur, K., Franz, L., Deaver, M., Vermeer, S., Carpenter, K. L., Murias, M., Huang, W. A., & Dawson, G. (2023). Associations between executive function and attention abilities and language and social communication skills in young autistic children. Autism, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231154310