{"id":2815,"date":"2021-11-12T11:54:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T16:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/harroplab\/?p=2815"},"modified":"2025-07-14T10:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T14:26:54","slug":"dr-harrop-is-awarded-5-year-nichd-award-to-study-early-sex-and-gender-trajectories-in-asd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/harroplab\/2021\/11\/dr-harrop-is-awarded-5-year-nichd-award-to-study-early-sex-and-gender-trajectories-in-asd\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Harrop is awarded 5-year NICHD award to study early sex specific trajectories in ASD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The National Institutes of Health has awarded Dr. Harrop a $3.28 million, five-year R01 research grant to chart the impact of biological sex on developmental trajectories in young autistic children. The project will help characterize how development in autism varies by sex with the goal of informing future screening protocols and providing evidence for sex-sensitive interventions that better address the needs of autistic females.\u00a0The lab,\u00a0with collaborators in Psychology and Neuroscience (Daniel Bauer) and Psychiatry (Heather Hazlett and Rebecca\u00a0Grzadzinski),\u00a0will study the developmental trajectories of young autistic females and males, as well as non-autistic males and females, using multiple methods (direct observation, parent report, eye tracking) within an accelerated longitudinal design.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The lab will continue\u00a0our\u00a0existing collaborations with Julia Parish Morris (Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia) to also chart the emergence of camouflaging behaviors in autism.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Recruitment\u00a0for the study\u00a0will begin in\u00a0early 2022.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Institutes of Health has awarded Dr. Harrop a $3.28 million, five-year R01 research grant to chart the impact of biological sex on developmental trajectories in young autistic children. 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