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Christine Ladd-Acosta is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, specializing in Genetic Epidemiology. Her work primarily focuses on the genetic and environmental factors contributing to autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities. Ladd-Acosta leads multiple significant projects, including the GEARS Autism Center of Excellence and the Maryland Autism Developmental Disabilities Monitoring project. She has been recognized for her contributions to autism research with several awards, including the 2017 top 20 advances in autism research by the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee. Ladd-Acosta has published extensively in prestigious journals and serves as the Associate Director of the ECHO Data Analysis Center, where she utilizes her expertise to analyze social environmental stressors and their impact on health outcomes. Her academic journey includes receiving a PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 2009 and a BS from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1999. She is committed to mentoring and teaching, acknowledged with the Advising, Mentoring & Teaching Recognition Award in 2021.
Department of Pathology - PhD in Pathobiology. GRE is not required.