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Webb SJ, Naples A, Levin A, Hellemann G, Borland H, Benton J, Carlos C, McAllister T, Santhosh M, Seow H, Atyabi A, Bernier R, Chawarska K, Dawson G, Dziura J, Faja S, Jeste S, Murias M, Nelson C, Sabatos-DeVito M, Senturk D, Shic F, Sugar CA, McPartland JC. The Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials: Initial evaluation of a battery of candidate EEG biomarkers: 2023. 41-49 p. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.21050485.

Greco G, Choi B, Michel K, Faja S. Here’s the story: Narrative ability and executive function in autism spectrum disorder Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders: 2023. 102092 p.

Faja S, Sabatos-DeVito M, Sridhar A, Kuhn JL, Nikolaeva JI, Sugar CA, Webb S, Bernier RA, Sikich L, Hellemann G, Senturk D, Naples AJ, Shic F, Levin AR, Seow HA, Dziura JD, Jeste SS, Chawarska K, Nelson, III CA, Dawson G, McPartland JC, Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials. Evaluation of Clinical Assessments of Social Abilities for Use in Autism Clinical Trials

Edmunds SR, Fogler J, Braverman Y, Gilbert R, Faja S. Resting frontal alpha asymmetry as a predictor of executive and affective functioning in children with neurodevelopmental differences. Frontiers in Psychology. 2023; 13: 1065598.

Shic F, Naples A, Barney EC, Chang SA, Li B, McAllister T, Kim M, Dommer KJ, Hasselmo S, Atyabi A, Wang Q, Helleman G, Levin AR, Seow H, Bernier R, Charwaska K, Dawson G, Dziura J, Faja S, Jeste SS, Johnson SP, Murias M, Nelson CA, Sabatos-DeVito M, Senturk D, Sugar CA, Webb S, McPartland J. The autism biomarkers consortium for clinical trials: evaluation of a battery of candidate eye-tracking biomarkers for use in autism clinical trials. Molecular Autism. 2022; 13: 15.

Kohn BH, Vidal P, Chiao R, Pantalone DW, Faja S. Sexual knowledge, experiences, and pragmatic language in adults with and without autism: Implications for sex education: 2022. 1-17 p.

Sridhar A, Kuhn J, Faja S, Sabatos-DeVito M, Nikolaeva JI, Dawson G, Nelson C, Webb SJ, Bernier R, Jeste S, Chawarska K, Sugar CA, Shic F, Naples A, Murias M, Dziura J, McPartland JC, A. Patterns of intervention utilization among school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder: Findings from a multi-site research consortium. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. 2022; 94: 101950.

Campos E, Scheffler A, Telesca D, Sugar C, DiStefano C, Jeste S, Levin A, Naples A, Webb SJ, Shic F, Dawson G, Faja S, McPartland J, Senturk D. Multilevel hybrid principal components analysis for region-referenced functional EEG data. Statistics in Medicine. 2022; 41(19): 3737-3757.

Webb SJ, Emerman I, Sugar CA, Senturk D, Naples A, Faja S, Benton J, Borland H, Levin AR, McAllister T, Santosh M, Bernier RA, Chawarska K, Dawson G, Dziura J, Jeste S, Kleinhans NM, Sabatos-DeVito M, Shic F, McPartland J. Identifying age based maturation in the ERP response to faces in children with autism: Implications for developing biomarkers for use in clinical trials. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2022; 13: 841236.

Shurtz L, Schwartz C, DeStefano C, McPartland JC, Nelson C, Dawson G, Kleinhans N, Faja S, Webb SJ, Shic F, Naples AJ, Seow H, Bernier R, Chawarska K, Sugar C, Dziura J, Senturk D, Santhosh M, Jeste S. Concomitant medication use in children with ASD: Data from the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials (ABC-CT): 2022.

Edmunds SR, MacNaughton G, Rueda MR, Combita LM, Faja S. Beyond group differences: Exploring the preliminary signals of target engagement for an executive function training for autistic children. Autism Research. 2022; 15(7): 1261-1273.

Faja S, Clarkson T, Gilbert R, Vaidyanathan A, Greco G, Rueda MR, Combita LM, Driscoll K. A preliminary randomized, controlled trial of executive function training for children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism. 2022; 26(2): 346–360.

Shiohama T, Ortug A, Warren JL, Valli B, Levman J, Faja S, Tsujimura K, Maunakea AK, Takahashi E. Small nucleus accumbens and large cerebral ventricles in infants and toddlers prior to receiving diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder. Cerebral Cortex. 2021; 32(6): 1200-1211.

Hudac CM, Naples A, DesChamps TD, Coffman M, Kresse A, Ward T, Mukerji C, Aaronson B, Faja S, McPartland J, Bernier R. Modeling temporal dynamics of face processing in youth and adults. Social Neuroscience. 2021; 16(4): 345-361.

Cremone-Caira A, Trier K, Sanchez V, Kohn B, Gilbert R, Faja S. Inhibition in developmental disorders: A comparison of inhibition profiles between children with autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and comorbid symptom presentation. Autism. 2021; 25(1): 227-243.

Altshuler M, Faja S. Brief report: Test-retest reliability of cognitive, affective, and spontaneous theory of mind tasks among school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2021; 52(4): 1890-1895.

Edmunds S, Colman C, Vidal P, Faja S. Brief report: Examining the links between language processes and working memory impairments in toddlers and preschoolers with ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2021; 52(4): 1872-1880.

McPartland JC, Bernier RA, Jeste SS, Dawson G, Nelson CA, Chawarska K, Earl R, Faja S, Johnson S, Sikich L, Brandt CA, Dziura JD, Rozenblit L, Hellman G, Levin AR, Murias M, Naples AJ, Platt SL, Sabatos-Devito M, Shic F, Senturk D, Sugar CA, Webb SJ, the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials. The Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials (ABC-CT): Scientific context, study design, and progress towards biomarker qualification. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. 2020; 14: 16.

Cremone-Caira A, Vaidyanathan A, Hyatt D, Gilbert R, Clarkson T, Faja S. Test-retest reliability of the N2 event-related potential in school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder. Clinical Neurophysiology. 2020; 131(2): 406-413.

Kim S, Buzzell G, Faja S, Choi Y, Thomas H, Brito NH, Shuffrey LC, Fifer WP, Morrison F, Lord C, Fox N. Neural dynamics of executive function in cognitively able kindergarteners with autism spectrum disorders as predictors of concurrent academic achievement. Autism. 2020; 24(3): 780-794.

Levin AR, Naples AJ, Scheffler A, Webb SJ, Shic F, Sugar CA, Murias M, Bernier RA, Chawarska K, Dawson G, Faja S, Jeste S, Nelson CA, McPartland JC, Senturk D, the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials. Day-to-day test-retest reliability of EEG profiles in children with autism spectrum disorder and typical development. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. 2020; 14: 21.

Webb SJ, Shic F, Murias M, Sugar C, Naples A, Barney E, Borland H, Helleman G, Johnson S, Kim M, Levin AR, Sabatos-DeVito M, Santosh M, Senturk D, Dziura J, Bernier R, Chawarska K, Dawson G, Faja S, Jeste S, McPartland J. Biomarker acquisition and quality control for multi-site studies: The Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. 2020; 13: 71.

Solomon D, Pantalone D, Faja S. Autism and adult sex education: A literature review using the information-motivation-behavioral skills framework. Sexuality and Disability. 2019; 37(3): 339-351.

Cremone-Caira A, Buirkle J, Gilbert R, Nayudu N, Faja S. Relations between caregiver-report of sleep and executive function problems in children with autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 2019; 94: 103464.

Sabatos-DeVito M, Murias M, Dawson G, Howell T, Yuan A, Marsan S, Bernier RA, Brandt CA, Chawarska K, Dzuira JD, Faja S, Jeste SS, Naples A, Nelson CA, Shic F, Sugar CA, Webb SJ, McPartland JC. Methodological considerations in the use of Noldus EthoVision XT video tracking of children with autism in multi-site studies. Biol Psychol. 2019 Sep; 146:107712. 

Faja S, Nelson Darling L. Variation in restricted and repetitive behaviors and interests relates to inhibitory control and shifting in children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism. 2019 Jul; 23(5):1262-1272. 

Altschuler M, Sideridis G, Kala S, Warshawsky M, Gilbert R, Carroll D, Burger-Caplan R, Faja S. Measuring Individual Differences in Cognitive, Affective, and Spontaneous Theory of Mind Among School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. J Autism Dev Disord. 2018 Nov; 48(11):3945-3957.

Hudac CM, Stessman HAF, DesChamps TD, Kresse A, Faja S, Neuhaus E, Webb SJ, Eichler EE, Bernier RA. Exploring the heterogeneity of neural social indices for genetically distinct etiologies of autism. J Neurodev Disord. 2017; 9:24.

Faja S, Clarkson T, Webb SJ. Neural and behavioral suppression of interfering flankers by children with and without autism spectrum disorder. Neuropsychologia. 2016 Dec; 93(Pt A):251-261.

Faja S, Dawson G, Aylward E, Wijsman EM, Webb SJ. Early event-related potentials to emotional faces differ for adults with autism spectrum disorder and by serotonin transporter genotype. Clin Neurophysiol. 2016 06; 127(6):2436-47.

Webb SJ, Neuhaus E, Faja S. Face perception and learning in autism spectrum disorders. Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2017 05; 70(5):970-986.

Faja S, Dawson G, Sullivan K, Meltzoff AN, Estes A, Bernier R. Executive function predicts the development of play skills for verbal preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders. Autism Res. 2016 Dec; 9(12):1274-1284.

Neuhaus E, Kresse A, Faja S, Bernier RA, Webb SJ. Face processing among twins with and without autism: social correlates and twin concordance. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2016 Jan; 11(1):44-54.

Naples A, Nguyen-Phuc A, Coffman M, Kresse A, Faja S, Bernier R, McPartland JC. A computer-generated animated face stimulus set for psychophysiological research. Behav Res Methods. 2015 Jun; 47(2):562-70.

Naples A, Nguyen-Phuc A, Coffman M, Kresse A, Faja S, Bernier R, McPartland JC. Erratum to: A computer-generated animated face stimulus set for psychophysiological research. Behav Res Methods. 2015 Jun; 47(2):571.

Faja S, Dawson G. Reduced delay of gratification and effortful control among young children with autism spectrum disorders. Autism. 2015 Jan; 19(1):91-101.