See the latest results for some of these projects on our ASHG Meeting page . Atopic Dermatitis Investigators Lynda Schneider, MD (Principal Investigator) Ingrid A. Holm, MD, MPH Louis M. Kunkel, PhD Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD  Atopic dermatitis (AD) , a type …

  A blood test for autism? Autism spectrum disorders can be a challenge to diagnose. A definitive diagnosis generally requires careful assessment on a series of performance tasks in a specialized clinic. Now, researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have …

by Michelle F. Pflumm, PhD When President John F. Kennedy said that we can do better, he had much more in mind than landing a man on the moon. "Most of the major diseases of the body are beginning to give ground in man's increasing struggle to find their …

Christopher Walsh, MD, discusses the challenges behind identifying the causes of autism. By Michelle Pflumm, PhD Donnie T. had no interest in going out for ice cream or visiting the candy store. What he really loved to do was watch tops spin. “He was …

This page is under construction. Please check back soon for updates. Pediatric Nephrology Clinical Fellowship Program Resident Rotation Harvard Summer Research Program in Kidney Medicine Observer Program Researchers training Education Opportunities … …

Oyoshi laboratory’s current research interests are focused on two major areas: the role of maternal factors transferred to babies through breast milk in inducing oral tolerance in children and the mechanisms of eosinophil recruitment to esophagus driven …

At Talal Chatila Laboratory , our studies aim to elucidate the role of T regulatory (Treg) cells in peripheral immunological tolerance. We are particularly interested in identifying novel genetic pathways that control Treg cell function and are targeted …

Wang, S., Chabonnier, L.M., Noval Rivas, M., Georgiev, P., Li, N., Gerber, G., Bry, L., and Chatila, T.A. 2015. My D88 Adaptor-Dependent Microbial Sensing by Regulatory T Cells Promotes Mucosal Tolerance and Enforces Commensalism. Immunity 43:289-303. …

  The Developmental Research Program is working on a number of studies investigating different aspects of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and related conditions. In our largest study, Phenotypic and Genetic Factors in Autism Spectrum Disorders , we are …

We apologize, we are not currently running any Fragile X projects at this time. fragile-x-syndrome Fragile X Syndrome … Fragile X …