Jed Elison, assistant professor in the Institute of Child Development, is using infant brain scans to establish early identification and intervention strategies for the emergence of maladaptive behaviors in children, including autism spectrum disorder. He was recently interviewed at length about his innovative research by MinnPost.
“We are looking for brain-based biomarkers that precede the manifestation of behaviors that indicate a child is going to develop autism with the ultimate hope of being able to implement some type of interventions before the child is actually showing signs of this disorder,” said Elison in the story.
