The Wendy Klag Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities
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The Wendy Klag Center is a dedicated community of investigators and trainees with a common purpose of understanding and improving policy and care for autism and developmental disabilities.
Our three core pillars are research, training, and outreach. We aim to be a hub of public health research into autism and neurodevelopment within Johns Hopkins entities.
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Call for faculty, postdoc and doctoral research proposals!
The Wendy Klag Center announces a call for research proposals from faculty, postdoctoral trainees, and doctoral students within the Bloomberg School or the WKC faculty affiliates. All proposals are due April 4, 2025. Faculty: Learn more at this link. Postdocs and doctoral students: Learn more at this link.
Read the ADDM autism prevalence 2025 community report
The CDC's 2025 Community Report on Autism provides a snapshot of ASD among 4-year-old and 8-year-old children in multiple communities across the United States in 2022.. The report, released in May 2025, includes information from the MD ADDM site at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Read it here
Pregnant or have a new baby?
Calling all Maryland moms-to-be. Join a study to help uncover early childhood experiences that affect brain development. Learn about the study and contact the Johns Hopkins site
Outside Influences
Uncovering environmental contributors to autism may also suggest ways to help autistic people live healthier lives.
Bloomberg School Researchers Awarded $11.7 Million Five-Year NIH Grant to Build and Lead Autism Center of Excellence Network
The Autism Center of Excellence will lead a global network of research projects studying the interplay of genetics and environmental factors. One aim is to identify modifiable factors to improve lives of people living with autism.
New CDC Report Shows Increase in Autism in 2022 with Notable Shifts in Race, Ethnicity, and Sex
Biennial surveillance report includes data from 16 sites across the U.S., including a Maryland site covering five Baltimore-area counties.