Karen Pierce, Ph.D.

Professor, University of California, San Diego

SFARI Investigator Website

A predictive ensemble classifier for the gene expression diagnosis of ASD at ages 1 to 4 years. Bao B., Zahiri J., Gazestani V.H., Lopez L., Xiao Y., Kim R., Wen T.H., Chiang A.W.T., Nalabolu S., Pierce K., Robasky K., Wang T., Hoekzema K., Eichler E., Lewis N.E., Courchesne E.

A phenotypic spectrum of autism is attributable to the combined effects of rare variants, polygenic risk and sex. Antaki D., Guevara J., Maihofer A.X., Klein M., Gujral M., Grove J., Carey C.E., Hong O., Arranz M.J., Hervas A., Corsello C., Vaux K.K., Muotri A., Iakoucheva L., Courchesne E., Pierce K., Gleeson J., Robinson E., Nievergelt C.M., Sebat J.

Pre-treatment clinical and gene expression patterns predict developmental change in early intervention in autism. Lombardo M.V., Busuoli E.M., Schreibman L., Stahmer A.C., Pramparo T., Landi I., Mandelli V., Bertelsen N., Barnes C.C., Gazestani V., Lopez L., Bacon E.C., Courchesne E., Pierce K.