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Overview

Annette Estes is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on autism spectrum disorder and related neurodevelopmental conditions, contributing extensively to fields including neuroscience, medicine, and psychology.

Their main fields of study encompass:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Within these, subfields of special interest include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Education
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

Annette Estes's research covers several core topics such as:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology

The scientist's recent published papers include:

  • "A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effects of Intervention Intensity and Intervention Style on Outcomes for Young Children With Autism", 2020, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "Sleep Onset Problems and Subcortical Development in Infants Later Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder", 2020, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Subcortical Brain Development in Autism and Fragile X Syndrome: Evidence for Dynamic, Age- and Disorder-Specific Trajectories in Infancy", 2022, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Pre-symptomatic intervention for autism spectrum disorder (ASD): defining a research agenda", 2021, Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • "Common genetic variants on 5p14.1 associate with autism spectrum disorders", 2020, UNC Libraries

Annette Estes frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Autism Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their work involves collaboration with numerous co-authors, including:

  • Stephen R. Dager
  • Joseph Piven
  • Heather C. Hazlett
  • Robert T. Schultz
  • Kelly N. Botteron

Best Publications

  • Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders

    Dalila Pinto;Alistair T. Pagnamenta;Lambertus Klei;Richard Anney

  • Association of Sex With Neurobehavioral Markers of Executive Function in 2-Year-Olds at High and Low Likelihood of Autism

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  • Early Social Attention Impairments in Autism: Social Orienting, Joint Attention, and Attention to Distress.

    Geraldine Dawson;Karen Toth;Robert Abbott;Julie Osterling

  • Autism genome-wide copy number variation reveals ubiquitin and neuronal genes

    Joseph T. Glessner;Kai Wang;Guiqing Cai;Olena Korvatska

  • Mapping autism risk loci using genetic linkage and chromosomal rearrangements

    Peter Szatmari;Andrew D. Paterson;Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Wendy Roberts

  • Parenting stress and psychological functioning among mothers of preschool children with autism and developmental delay

    Annette Estes;Jeffrey Munson;Geraldine Dawson;Elizabeth Koehler

  • Early brain development in infants at high risk for autism spectrum disorder

    Heather Cody Hazlett;Hongbin Gu;Brent C. Munsell;Sun Hyung Kim

  • Common genetic variants on 5p14.1 associate with autism spectrum disorders

    Kai Wang;Haitao Zhang;Deqiong Ma;Maja Bucan

  • Early Intervention for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Under 3 Years of Age: Recommendations for Practice and Research

    Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Margaret L. Bauman;Roula Choueiri;Connie Kasari

  • Whole genome sequencing resource identifies 18 new candidate genes for autism spectrum disorder

    Ryan K C Yuen;Daniele Merico;Matt Bookman;Jennifer L. Howe

  • Consensus Paper: Pathological Role of the Cerebellum in Autism

    S. Hossein Fatemi;Kimberly A. Aldinger;Paul Ashwood;Margaret L. Bauman

  • Effects of a Brief Early Start Denver Model (ESDM)–Based Parent Intervention on Toddlers at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Sally J. Rogers;Annette Estes;Catherine Lord;Laurie Vismara

  • Differences in white matter fiber tract development present from 6 to 24 months in infants with autism.

    Jason J. Wolff;Hongbin Gu;Guido Gerig;Jed T. Elison

  • A genome-wide linkage and association scan reveals novel loci for autism

    Lauren A. Weiss;Lauren A. Weiss;Dan E. Arking;Mark J. Daly;Mark J. Daly;Aravinda Chakravarti

  • A genome-wide scan for common alleles affecting risk for autism

    Richard Anney;Lambertus Klei;Dalila Pinto;Regina Regan

  • Parenting-related stress and psychological distress in mothers of toddlers with autism spectrum disorders

    Annette Estes;Erin Olson;Katherine Sullivan;Jessica Greenson

  • Long-Term Outcomes of Early Intervention in 6-Year-Old Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Annette Estes;Jeffrey Munson;Sally J. Rogers;Jessica Greenson

  • Early Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Recommendations for Practice and Research.

    Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Margaret L. Bauman;Wendy L. Stone;Nurit Yirmiya

  • Neurocognitive Function and Joint Attention Ability in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Versus Developmental Delay

    Geraldine Dawson;Jeffrey Munson;Annette Estes;Julie Osterling

  • Head circumference and height in autism: a study by the Collaborative Program of Excellence in Autism.

    Janet E. Lainhart;Erin D. Bigler;Erin D. Bigler;Maureen Bocian;Hilary Coon

  • Individual common variants exert weak effects on the risk for autism spectrum disorders.

    Richard Anney;Lambertus Klei;Dalila Pinto;Dalila Pinto;Joana Almeida

Frequent Co-Authors

Geraldine Dawson
Geraldine Dawson Duke University
Lonnie Zwaigenbaum
Lonnie Zwaigenbaum University of Alberta
Robert T. Schultz
Robert T. Schultz Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Jed T. Elison
Jed T. Elison University of Minnesota
Sarah Paterson
Sarah Paterson Temple University
Gerard D. Schellenberg
Gerard D. Schellenberg University of Pennsylvania
Sally J. Rogers
Sally J. Rogers University of California, Davis
Catherine Lord
Catherine Lord University of California, Los Angeles
Hilary Coon
Hilary Coon University of Utah
Ellen M. Wijsman
Ellen M. Wijsman University of Washington

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