Event Description
Dr. Heather Volk will highlight recent findings from population-based research studies and explore how such findings may help inform etiologic research, as well as prevention efforts. In her talk, she will review the current literature spanning human and animal studies on what is currently known about air pollution effects on the developing brain and ASD. Dr. Volk’s research and work seeks to answer the questions, “How does prenatal and early life air pollution exposure affect the developing brain? What relevance does this have for Autism Spectrum Disorder?”
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