Matthew Maenner

Surveillance team lead
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

Matthew Maenner is surveillance team lead for the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Spectrum

By Peter Hess

13 July 2021

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Q&A with Matthew Maenner: Estimating autism prevalence quickly

A new method to track autism prevalence in 11 U.S. states is twice as fast as the old approach — and yields similar results.

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13 July 2021 | 6 min read

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