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Mayada Elsabbagh

Mayada Elsabbagh

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Neuroscience

D-Index
59
Citations
22181
World Ranking
3928
National Ranking
227

Psychology

D-Index
57
Citations
21767
World Ranking
3955
National Ranking
260

Overview

Mayada Elsabbagh is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and contributes extensively to research on autism spectrum disorder and related fields. Their work is positioned at the intersection of neuroscience and psychology, with notable emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and clinical psychology. Genetics and psychiatry also form significant subfields of their research interest alongside educational aspects.

The primary topics explored in their publications include:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Elsabbagh has been published frequently in a range of venues, often contributing to the following journals and platforms:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Autism
  • Autism Research
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

The recent research outputs reflect a focus on genetics and epidemiology of autism, among other areas. Selected recent papers include:

  • Global prevalence of autism: A systematic review update (2022) published in Autism Research
  • Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats that are expanded in autism (2020) published in Nature
  • Genomic architecture of autism from comprehensive whole-genome sequence annotation (2022) published in Cell
  • A framework for an evidence-based gene list relevant to autism spectrum disorder (2020) published in Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Linking risk factors and outcomes in autism spectrum disorder: is there evidence for resilience? (2020) published in BMJ

Elsabbagh frequently collaborates with several researchers across related domains. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Lonnie Zwaigenbaum
  • Isabel M. Smith
  • Stelios Georgiades
  • Eric Duku
  • Connor M. Kerns

Best Publications

  • Global Prevalence of Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders

    Mayada Elsabbagh;Gauri Divan;Yun Joo Koh;Young Shin Kim

  • Global prevalence of autism: A systematic review update

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  • Autism spectrum disorder.

    Catherine Lord;Mayada Elsabbagh;Gillian Baird;Jeremy Veenstra-Vanderweele

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

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

  • Disengagement of Visual Attention in Infancy is Associated with Emerging Autism in Toddlerhood

    Mayada Elsabbagh;Mayada Elsabbagh;Janice Fernandes;Sara Jane Webb;Geraldine Dawson

  • Infant Neural Sensitivity to Dynamic Eye Gaze Is Associated with Later Emerging Autism

    Mayada Elsabbagh;Mayada Elsabbagh;Evelyne Mercure;Kristelle Hudry;Susie Chandler

  • Is functional brain connectivity atypical in autism? A systematic review of EEG and MEG studies.

    Christian O’Reilly;John D. Lewis;Mayada Elsabbagh

  • Getting answers from babies about autism

    Mayada Elsabbagh;Mark H. Johnson

  • Visual orienting in the early broader autism phenotype: disengagement and facilitation

    Mayada Elsabbagh;Agnes Volein;Karla Holmboe;Leslie Tucker

  • Developmental Trajectories of Symptom Severity and Adaptive Functioning in an Inception Cohort of Preschool Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Peter Szatmari;Stelios Georgiades;Eric Duku;Teresa A. Bennett

  • Quality of interaction between at-risk infants and caregiver at 12-15 months is associated with 3-year autism outcome

    Ming Wai Wan;Jonathan Green;Mayada Elsabbagh;Mark Johnson

  • In search of biomarkers for autism: scientific, social and ethical challenges

    Patrick Paul Walsh;Mayada Elsabbagh;Mayada Elsabbagh;Patrick Bolton;Ilina Singh

  • Parent-mediated intervention versus no intervention for infants at high risk of autism: a parallel, single-blind, randomised trial

    Jonathan Green;Tony Charman;Andrew Pickles;Andrew Pickles;Ming W Wan

  • Randomised trial of a parent-mediated intervention for infants at high risk for autism: longitudinal outcomes to age 3 years

    Jonathan Green;Jonathan Green;Andrew Pickles;Andrew Pickles;Greg Pasco;Greg Pasco;Rachael Bedford

  • Genomic architecture of autism from comprehensive whole-genome sequence annotation

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  • Autism screening and diagnosis in low resource settings: Challenges and opportunities to enhance research and services worldwide.

    Maureen S. Durkin;Mayada Elsabbagh;Josephine Barbaro;Melissa Gladstone

  • Precursors to Social and Communication Difficulties in Infants At-Risk for Autism: Gaze Following and Attentional Engagement

    Rachael Bedford;Mayada Elsabbagh;Teodora Gliga;Andrew Pickles

  • The development of face orienting mechanisms in infants at-risk for autism.

    Mayada Elsabbagh;Teodora Gliga;Andrew Pickles;Kristelle Hudry

  • Parent-infant interaction in infant siblings at risk of autism

    Ming Wai Wan;Jonathan Green;Mayada Elsabbagh;Mark Johnson

  • Neural Correlates of Eye Gaze Processing in the Infant Broader Autism Phenotype

    Mayada Elsabbagh;Agnes Volein;Gergely Csibra;Karla Holmboe

  • Temperament in the First 2 Years of Life in Infants at High-Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Sally M. Clifford;Kristelle Hudry;Mayada Elsabbagh;Mayada Elsabbagh;Tony Charman

  • Faces Attract Infants' Attention in Complex Displays.

    Teodora Gliga;Mayada Elsabbagh;Athina Andravizou;Mark Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Szatmari
Peter Szatmari University of Toronto
Lonnie Zwaigenbaum
Lonnie Zwaigenbaum University of Alberta
Isabel M. Smith
Isabel M. Smith Dalhousie University
Tony Charman
Tony Charman King's College London
Eric Duku
Eric Duku McMaster University
Tracy Vaillancourt
Tracy Vaillancourt University of Ottawa
Pat Mirenda
Pat Mirenda University of British Columbia
Charlotte Waddell
Charlotte Waddell Simon Fraser University
Joanne Volden
Joanne Volden University of Alberta
Teodora Gliga
Teodora Gliga University of East Anglia

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