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Jill Adams

Contributing writer

Jill U. Adams is a freelance science journalist based in Albany, New York. She covers health, mental health and biomedical research for such publications as The Transmitter, The Washington Post, Scientific American, Undark and The Scientist. She has a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

From this contributor

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Spectrum

Executive function; screen time; Rett syndrome therapy

By Jill Adams
19 November 2024 | 1 min read
Research image of gray-matter volume in the brains of people with autism (bottom row) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (top row).
Spectrum

BCL11A-related intellectual developmental disorder; intervention dosage; gray-matter volume

By Jill Adams
12 November 2024 | 2 min read
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Spectrum

Sleep; noncoding regions of the genome; changing rates of U.S.-based autism diagnoses

By Jill Adams
5 November 2024 | 2 min read
Research image of human brain scans against a black background.
Spectrum

Cerebellum structure; AMPA receptors; MAGEL2 gene

By Jill Adams
29 October 2024 | 1 min read
Research image of four brain scans with green areas indicating Parasagittal dura volume.
Spectrum

Okur-Chung neurodevelopmental syndrome; excess CSF; autistic girls

By Jill Adams
22 October 2024 | 2 min read

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The big picture

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Funding

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