Donna Werling is assistant professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her work focuses on the etiology of neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism, and investigates how sexually dimorphic biology contributes to sex-differential prevalence in autism.
Donna Werling
Assistant professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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