Thank you for your interest in our research!
We have several research studies that are currently enrolling participants - particularly families who have at least one family member with a condition like autism, language impairment, or another neurodevelopmental disorder. Initial involvement in our studies can be completed from the comfort of your own home via online surveys!
Please don't hesitate to contact our research team with any questions you may have.
Email: michaelson-lab@uiowa.edu
Phone: 319.335.8882
Genetics of Neurodevelopmental Conditions (devGenes)
Your mental health, talents, and abilities are all connected. Join this research and make a difference by helping us understand how the brain impacts quality of life.
What's Involved?
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Genetic Study of Language Disorders
Your DNA could help us better understand the genetics of language disorders! We are currently recruiting participants who have been diagnosed with:
- Language impairment
- Expressive language disorder
- Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder
- Phonological/articulation disorder
- Reading disorder
- Dyslexia
- Apraxia
- Other developmental disorders of speech and language
Participation takes roughly 20 minutes and can be completed in the comfort of your own home.
If you or your family member is interested in participating, please email us at michaelson-lab@uiowa.edu.
Language Abilities Study
The study of language genetics needs a rapid, scalable assessment which can detect a wide range of ability levels. We are developing a web-based language screening tool composed of a mixture of established and new assessments with an eye to detecting meaningful variation in the language ability of adults.
You’re invited to register with SPARK, a large, online research partnership that seeks to improve the lives of people with autism through research.
The goal of SPARK is to accelerate autism research in order to gain a better understanding of causes and treatments for autism. By building a community of tens of thousands of individuals with autism and their biological family members who provide behavioral and genetic data, SPARK will be the largest autism research study to date.