Lauren Weiss is professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco.
Lauren Weiss
Associate professor
University of California, San Francisco
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Teasing out how genes interact can offer clues to autism’s causes and point to treatment targets.
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Fair representation for the fairer sex in autism research
Including more females in autism research studies will aid the search for genetic and environmental susceptibility factors for the disorder, says genetic psychiatrist Lauren Weiss.
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