Departmental Affiliations
Contact Info
Experiences & Accomplishments
Honors & Awards
2021 Advising, Mentoring & Teaching Recognition Award (AMTRA)
2017 2 of top 20 advances in autism research by the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC)
2017 Best Original Article 2016, Environmental Research
2009 Mette Strand Young Investigator Research Award, Johns Hopkins University
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Shaw KA, Williams S, Patrick ME, Valencia-Prado M, Durkin MS, Howerton EM, Ladd-Acosta CM, Pas ET, Bakian AV, Bartholomew P, Nieves-Muñoz N, Sidwell K, Alford A, Bilder DA, DiRienzo M, Fitzgerald RT, Furnier SM, Hudson AE, Pokoski OM, Shea L, Tinker SC, Warren Z, Zahorodny W, Agosto-Rosa H, Anbar J, Chavez KY, Esler A, Forkner A, Grzybowski A, Agib AH, Hallas L, Lopez M, Magaña S, Nguyen RHN, Parker J, Pierce K, Protho T, Torres H, Vanegas SB, Vehorn A, Zhang M, Andrews J, Greer F, Hall-Lande J, McArthur D, Mitamura M, Montes AJ, Pettygrove S, Shenouda J, Skowyra C, Washington A, Maenner MJ. Prevalence and Early Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 4 and 8 Years - Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 16 Sites, United States, 2022. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2025 Apr 17;74(2):1-22. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.ss7402a1. PubMed PMID: 40232988; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12011386.
**Flagship biennial CDC autism prevalence report, Ladd-Acosta serves as a Maryland ADDM site PI
Li Y, Jones K, Ober C, Starling AP, Gower WA, Bacharier LB, Chandran A, Dabelea DM, Fry RC, Gold DR, Hansen KD, Herbstman JB, Hivert MF, Keet C, Miller RL, Jacobson LP, Ladd-Acosta C. Newborn blood DNA methylation and childhood asthma: findings from the ECHO program. Int J Epidemiol. 2025 Apr 12;54(3). doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaf067. PubMed PMID: 40420521; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12106279.
Morrill V, Benke K, Brinton J, Soke GN, Schieve LA, Fields V, Farzadegan H, Holingue C, Newschaffer CJ, Reynolds AM, Fallin MD, Ladd-Acosta C. Genetic liability for gastrointestinal inflammation disorders and association with gastrointestinal symptoms in children with and without autism. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2024 Jan;195(1):e32952. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32952. Epub 2023 Jul 17. PubMed PMID: 37455590; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10792104.
Herrera-Luis E, Benke K, Volk H, Ladd-Acosta C*, Wojcik GL*. Gene-environment interactions in human health. Nat Rev Genet. 2024 Nov;25(11):768-784. doi: 10.1038/s41576-024-00731-z. Epub 2024 May 28. Review. PubMed PMID: 38806721; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12288441.
*co-senior authors
Lyall K, Ning X, Aschner JL, Avalos LA, Bennett DH, Bilder DA, Bush NR, Carroll KN, Chu SH, Croen LA, Dabelea D, Daniels JL, Duarte C, Elliott AJ, Fallin MD, Ferrara A, Hertz-Picciotto I, Hipwell AE, Jensen ET, Johnson SL, Joseph RM, Karagas M, Kelly RS, Lester BM, Margolis A, McEvoy CT, Messinger D, Neiderhiser JM, O'Connor TG, Oken E, Sathyanarayana S, Schmidt RJ, Sheinkopf SJ, Talge NM, Turi KN, Wright RJ, Zhao Q, Newschaffer C, Volk HE, Ladd-Acosta C, Environmental Influences On Child Health Outcomes OBOPCF. Cardiometabolic Pregnancy Complications in Association With Autism-Related Traits as Measured by the Social Responsiveness Scale in ECHO. Am J Epidemiol. 2022 Jul 23;191(8):1407-1419. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwac061. PubMed PMID: 35362025; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9614927.