Articles and Presentations
May 2023 UCLA. The Question of Germ Cell Toxicant Exposures in the Etiology of Offspring Neurodevelopmental Pathology, UCLA Lundquist Institute
April 2023, TEDx Monta Vista. 5 Things You Must Know About Autism, Reality Check Edition
July 2022, Neuroepigenetics webinar series. Don't forget the gametes: When neurodevelopmental pathogenesis starts in the sperm and egg (Recorded webinar)
October 2021, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Beyond Genes: Germline Disruption in the Etiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders (Scientific journal)
August 2021, Biology of Reproduction. Exploring the role of nongenetic inheritance in the etiology of human disease. (Scientific journal)
May 2021, Biology of Reproduction. How family histories can inform research about germ cell exposures: the example of autism. (Scientific journal)
October 2020, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. Heritable Hazards of Smoking: Applying the Clean Sheet Framework to Further Science and Policy. (Scientific journal)
September 2020, “Heritable Impacts of General Anesthesia: An Urgent Matter for Genetic Toxicology and Autism Research," at Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society Conference Slides PDF Video
July 2020, Environmental Epigenetics. General anesthesia, germ cells and the missing heritability of autism: an urgent need for research. (Scientific journal)
February 2020, Bay Area Autism Consortium Annual Meeting. Supports for Autism in Adulthood: A Crisis of Quantity and Quality. (Slides)
November 2019, NIEHS Environmental Factor. Toxicants can affect sperm and eggs, pose risks for offspring. (Newsletter)
September 2019, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Heritable Impacts of Toxicant Exposures: A Gap in Research and Regulation. (YouTube video)
September 2019, Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society conference: Research and Regulatory Implications of Germline Vulnerabilities to Drugs and Chemicals. (YouTube video)
September 2019, Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society Heritable Hazards of Smoking Workshop. (YouTube video playlist)
August 2019, Epigenetic Inheritance Symposium. "Heritable Impacts of General Anesthesia." (YouTube video)
July 2019, Society for the Study of Reproduction, San Jose; and Gordon Research Conference on Epigenetics, New Hampshire. "Investigating the Heritable Impacts of Germ Cell Toxicant Exposures." (Poster PDF)
June 2019, Brazilian Mutagenesis Conference. "Germ Cell Toxicant Exposures: A Gap in Research and Regulation." (YouTube video)
March 2019, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. "Pregnancy Drugs, Fetal Germline Epigenome, and Risks for Next-Generation Pathology: A Call to Action. (Scientific journal)
May 2018, Environmental Epigenetics. "Bugs in the Program: why non-genetic inheritance should be a priority in autism research." (Scientific journal)
January 2019, Bay Area Autism Consortium conference, "Investigating the Missing Heritability of Autism." (Poster)
September 2017, Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society conference, Raleigh, Grandmaternal Pregnancy Smoking and Autism Outcomes in Grandoffspring (slides)
August 2017, Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance: Implications for Biology and Society conference, Zurich, Investigating Germ Cell Exposures and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes (video)
February 2017, Autism in the Family Conference, Santa Rosa, What Does the Future Hold for Autism Families? (slides)
February 2017, Society for Neuroscience Wonder symposium, Palo Alto: Time Bomb: A Journey into Old Exposures, Gamete Glitches, and the Autism Explosion. (slides)
September 2016, Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society conference, Kansas City, Germline Disruption Hypothesis, Some Personal Background, (Video)
September 2016, Autism Speaks blog: Autism’s missing link? Study family history alongside genetics. (Blog)
July 2016, Autism Society of America Conference, New Orleans: The Importance of Citizen Science in Autism Research. (Slides)
April 2016, Florida State University Symposium on the Developing Mind keynote, Tallahassee: Out of the Past: Old Exposures, Heritable Effects, and Emerging Concepts for Autism Research. (Video and slides)
November 2015, Bay Area Autism Consortium Conference, Redwood City, The Germline Disruption Hypothesis of Autism. (Poster presentation)
September 2015, Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society Conference, New Orleans, Germline Disruption Hypothesis of Autism, in a Nutshell. (6-minute video)
August 2014, Ancestral Health Symposium, Berkeley: Epigenetics and the Multigenerational Effects of Nutrition, Chemicals and Drugs (40-minute video)
November 2013, University of Illinois School of Pharmacy guest lecture, Are Grandma's Pregnancy Drugs (from the 1950s, 60s and 70s) Partly to Blame for Today's Autism Epidemic? (Slides)
September 2013, Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Can Autism Be Triggered in Future Generations? (News article)
September 2013, Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society Conference, Epigenetics Special Interest Group, Monterey, 20th C. Prenatal Pharmaceuticals & Smoking (& More), Fetal Germline Epigenetics, and Today's Autism Epidemic: Any Connections? (Slides)
August 2013, San Francisco Chronicle: Mother's Quest Could Help Solve Autism Mystery (News article)
August 2013, Autism Speaks Blog: A Grandmotherly Clue in One Family's Autism Mystery (Blog article)
July 2013, Environmental Health News: Onslaught of autism: A mom's crusade could help unravel scientific mystery (News article)
July 2013, NIH Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda: Autism: Germline Disruption in Personal and Historical Context (15-minute video)
March 2013, presentation at the symposium Environmental Epigenetics: New Frontiers in Autism Research, Sacramento (scroll down for 10-minute video)
May 2023 UCLA. The Question of Germ Cell Toxicant Exposures in the Etiology of Offspring Neurodevelopmental Pathology, UCLA Lundquist Institute
April 2023, TEDx Monta Vista. 5 Things You Must Know About Autism, Reality Check Edition
July 2022, Neuroepigenetics webinar series. Don't forget the gametes: When neurodevelopmental pathogenesis starts in the sperm and egg (Recorded webinar)
October 2021, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Beyond Genes: Germline Disruption in the Etiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders (Scientific journal)
August 2021, Biology of Reproduction. Exploring the role of nongenetic inheritance in the etiology of human disease. (Scientific journal)
May 2021, Biology of Reproduction. How family histories can inform research about germ cell exposures: the example of autism. (Scientific journal)
October 2020, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. Heritable Hazards of Smoking: Applying the Clean Sheet Framework to Further Science and Policy. (Scientific journal)
September 2020, “Heritable Impacts of General Anesthesia: An Urgent Matter for Genetic Toxicology and Autism Research," at Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society Conference Slides PDF Video
July 2020, Environmental Epigenetics. General anesthesia, germ cells and the missing heritability of autism: an urgent need for research. (Scientific journal)
February 2020, Bay Area Autism Consortium Annual Meeting. Supports for Autism in Adulthood: A Crisis of Quantity and Quality. (Slides)
November 2019, NIEHS Environmental Factor. Toxicants can affect sperm and eggs, pose risks for offspring. (Newsletter)
September 2019, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Heritable Impacts of Toxicant Exposures: A Gap in Research and Regulation. (YouTube video)
September 2019, Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society conference: Research and Regulatory Implications of Germline Vulnerabilities to Drugs and Chemicals. (YouTube video)
September 2019, Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society Heritable Hazards of Smoking Workshop. (YouTube video playlist)
August 2019, Epigenetic Inheritance Symposium. "Heritable Impacts of General Anesthesia." (YouTube video)
July 2019, Society for the Study of Reproduction, San Jose; and Gordon Research Conference on Epigenetics, New Hampshire. "Investigating the Heritable Impacts of Germ Cell Toxicant Exposures." (Poster PDF)
June 2019, Brazilian Mutagenesis Conference. "Germ Cell Toxicant Exposures: A Gap in Research and Regulation." (YouTube video)
March 2019, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. "Pregnancy Drugs, Fetal Germline Epigenome, and Risks for Next-Generation Pathology: A Call to Action. (Scientific journal)
May 2018, Environmental Epigenetics. "Bugs in the Program: why non-genetic inheritance should be a priority in autism research." (Scientific journal)
January 2019, Bay Area Autism Consortium conference, "Investigating the Missing Heritability of Autism." (Poster)
September 2017, Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society conference, Raleigh, Grandmaternal Pregnancy Smoking and Autism Outcomes in Grandoffspring (slides)
August 2017, Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance: Implications for Biology and Society conference, Zurich, Investigating Germ Cell Exposures and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes (video)
February 2017, Autism in the Family Conference, Santa Rosa, What Does the Future Hold for Autism Families? (slides)
February 2017, Society for Neuroscience Wonder symposium, Palo Alto: Time Bomb: A Journey into Old Exposures, Gamete Glitches, and the Autism Explosion. (slides)
September 2016, Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society conference, Kansas City, Germline Disruption Hypothesis, Some Personal Background, (Video)
September 2016, Autism Speaks blog: Autism’s missing link? Study family history alongside genetics. (Blog)
July 2016, Autism Society of America Conference, New Orleans: The Importance of Citizen Science in Autism Research. (Slides)
April 2016, Florida State University Symposium on the Developing Mind keynote, Tallahassee: Out of the Past: Old Exposures, Heritable Effects, and Emerging Concepts for Autism Research. (Video and slides)
November 2015, Bay Area Autism Consortium Conference, Redwood City, The Germline Disruption Hypothesis of Autism. (Poster presentation)
September 2015, Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society Conference, New Orleans, Germline Disruption Hypothesis of Autism, in a Nutshell. (6-minute video)
August 2014, Ancestral Health Symposium, Berkeley: Epigenetics and the Multigenerational Effects of Nutrition, Chemicals and Drugs (40-minute video)
November 2013, University of Illinois School of Pharmacy guest lecture, Are Grandma's Pregnancy Drugs (from the 1950s, 60s and 70s) Partly to Blame for Today's Autism Epidemic? (Slides)
September 2013, Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Can Autism Be Triggered in Future Generations? (News article)
September 2013, Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society Conference, Epigenetics Special Interest Group, Monterey, 20th C. Prenatal Pharmaceuticals & Smoking (& More), Fetal Germline Epigenetics, and Today's Autism Epidemic: Any Connections? (Slides)
August 2013, San Francisco Chronicle: Mother's Quest Could Help Solve Autism Mystery (News article)
August 2013, Autism Speaks Blog: A Grandmotherly Clue in One Family's Autism Mystery (Blog article)
July 2013, Environmental Health News: Onslaught of autism: A mom's crusade could help unravel scientific mystery (News article)
July 2013, NIH Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda: Autism: Germline Disruption in Personal and Historical Context (15-minute video)
March 2013, presentation at the symposium Environmental Epigenetics: New Frontiers in Autism Research, Sacramento (scroll down for 10-minute video)