News Results for Timothy P.L. Roberts, PhD

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IDDRC Celebrates 30 Years (And Counting) of Collaboration and Community

Published on Dec 3, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
IDDRC Celebrating 30 Years of Funding The Intellectual and Developmental Disability Research Center brings multidisciplinary researchers together to advance what we know about IDDs.

Brain Imaging Shows How Minimally Verbal and Nonverbal Children with Autism Have Slower Response to Sounds

Published on Sep 18, 2019 in Press Releases
A new study by CHOP researchers looks at how specific children with autism process auditory stimuli, which could have important diagnostic potential.

LiBI Gathers Experts to Explore How Early Life Influences Neurodevelopment

Published on Apr 12, 2019 in Cornerstone Blog
LiBI Symposium LiBI, a unique collaborative effort, bridges the gap between pediatric and adult research to learn how brain and behavior develop over a lifetime.

Guest Blogger: Center for Autism Research a Proving Ground for Novel Approaches

Published on Apr 18, 2018 in Cornerstone Blog
Robert Schultz, PhD One person's autism can look very different from the next. Autism is a multifaceted spectrum disorder, so its underlying mechanisms and outward manifestations vary widely, with important implications for optimal treatment strategies.

Scientific Symposium Emphasizes Future Directions of Research Institute

Published on May 9, 2017 in Cornerstone Blog
Scientific Symposium Synapses were firing throughout the conference room in the Colket Translational Research Building as attendees at the 2017 Research Institute Scientific Symposium held May 2 learned about their colleagues' intriguing research endeavors. The four sessions' themes…

An Entrepreneurial Approach to Learning Language Grows From and Catalyzes Research

Published on Jun 28, 2016 in Cornerstone Blog
Autism researcher Timothy Roberts, PhD, has spent the last several months hard at work on an invention he explains in a funny way: “Our goal is to reduce the number of ‘cats,’” he said.

In the News: Obesity, PTSD, and Alice in Wonderland

Published on Mar 18, 2016 in Cornerstone Blog
CHOP Research In the News Welcome to our latest weekly summary of research news from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia! This has been a full week, including multiple studies of genetic influences on weight in childhood, a useful autism research explainer, findings on long-term impacts of congenital…

Genetic MEG Study Links Language Delay to Chromosome Deletion

Published on Feb 25, 2015 in Cornerstone Blog
According to new research, children born with a DNA abnormality on chromosome 16 already linked to neurodevelopmental problems show measurable delays in processing sound and language.

Honing in on the Biological Markers of Autism

Published on Jan 21, 2014 in Cornerstone Blog
The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders, or ASD, is staggering — an estimated 1 out of 88 children have some form of ASD. As the word “spectrum” in the name suggests, ASD varies in its range and severity among those affected.
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