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Craig J. Newschaffer

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cjn5389@psu.edu
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325 Health and Human Development Building
University Park, PA 16802

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Health and the Environment
Executive Committee Member
Titles and Affiliations
Raymond E. and Erin Stuart Schultz Dean, College of Health and Human Development
Professor, Biobehavioral Health

Before coming to Penn State, Craig J. Newschaffer was a Professor of Public Health and Associate Dean for Research at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health.

At Drexel, Newschaffer was also the founding director of the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, the first autism research center focused on public health science, and past chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

Newschaffer, a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology, has received continuous federal research funding since 2000 and has been principal investigator on numerous autism epidemiology investigations, including an NIH Autism Center of Excellence (ACE) focused on prenatal autism risk factors. He has served on the US DOD Autism Research Program Integration Panel, the Autism Speaks Science Advisory Board, and, on multiple occasions, the US federal government’s IACC Strategic Plan for Autism Research expert review group.

He was the past Vice President of the International Society for Autism Research and past Associate Editor of the journal Autism Research. Newschaffer has received the Drexel University Provost’s Award for Career Scholarly Achievement and was inducted into the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars.

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Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism
Autism Risk
Childhood Autism
Confidence Interval
Longitudinal Investigation
Social Responsiveness Scale
Pervasive Developmental Disorder
Odds Ratio
During Pregnancy
Autistic Traits
DNA Methylation (DNAm)
Breast Cancer
Intellectual Disability
United States
Medicaid
Prostate Cancer
Prenatal Exposure
Cord Blood
Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening

Recent Publications

Characterizing self-reported physical activity before and during a subsequent pregnancy among parents in a familial autism cohort

G Bragg, M., Vesey, O., Chavarro, J. E., Hart, J. E., Tabb, L. P., Weisskopf, M. G., Croen, L. A., Fallin, D., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Newschaffer, C., Schmidt, R. J., Volk, H. & Lyall, K., Jan 2025, In: Autism. 29, 1, p. 143-154 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy: population co-occurrence, genetic correlations and causal effects

Ahlqvist, V. H., Dardani, C., Madley-Dowd, P., Forbes, H., Rast, J., Zhong, C., Gardner, R. M., Dalman, C., Lyall, K., Newschaffer, C., Tomson, T., Lundberg, M., Berglind, D., Davies, N. M., Lee, B. K., Magnusson, C. & Rai, D., Jan 30 2024, In: General Psychiatry. 37, 1, e101201.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Exposure to heavy metals in utero and autism spectrum disorder at age 3: a meta-analysis of two longitudinal cohorts of siblings of children with autism

Dou, J. F., Schmidt, R. J., Volk, H. E., Nitta, M. M., Feinberg, J. I., Newschaffer, C. J., Croen, L. A., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Fallin, M. D. & Bakulski, K. M., Dec 2024, In: Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source. 23, 1, 62.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Epigenetic changes in sperm are associated with paternal and child quantitative autistic traits in an autism-enriched cohort

Feinberg, J. I., Schrott, R., Ladd-Acosta, C., Newschaffer, C. J., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Croen, L. A., Daniele Fallin, M., Feinberg, A. P. & Volk, H. E., Jan 2024, In: Molecular Psychiatry. 29, 1, p. 43-53 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

First-trimester use of antiseizure medications and the risk of miscarriage: a population-based cohort study

Forbes, H., Madley-Dowd, P., Ahlqvist, V., Campbell, J., Davies, N. M., Liebling, R., Lyall, K., Newschaffer, C., Rast, J., Tomson, T., Zhong, C., Magnusson, C., Rai, D. & Lee, B. K., Jul 15 2024, In: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. 95, 8, p. 693-703 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Antiseizure medication use during pregnancy and children’s neurodevelopmental outcomes

Madley-Dowd, P., Ahlqvist, V. H., Forbes, H., Rast, J. E., Martin, F. Z., Zhong, C., Barry, C. J. S., Berglind, D., Lundberg, M., Lyall, K., Newschaffer, C. J., Tomson, T., Davies, N. M., Magnusson, C., Rai, D. & Lee, B. K., Dec 2024, In: Nature communications. 15, 1, 9640.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Trends and patterns of antiseizure medication prescribing during pregnancy between 1995 and 2018 in the United Kingdom: A cohort study

Madley-Dowd, P., Rast, J., Ahlqvist, V. H., Zhong, C., Martin, F. Z., Davies, N. M., Lyall, K., Newschaffer, C., Tomson, T., Magnusson, C., Rai, D., Lee, B. K. & Forbes, H., Jan 2024, In: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 131, 1, p. 15-25 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Host factors are associated with vaginal microbiome structure in pregnancy in the ECHO Cohort Consortium

McKee, K., Bassis, C. M., Golob, J., Palazzolo, B., Sen, A., Comstock, S. S., Rosas-Salazar, C., Stanford, J. B., O’Connor, T., Gern, J. E., Paneth, N., Dunlop, A. L., Smith, P. B., Newby, L. K., Adair, L., Jacobson, L. P., Catellier, D., McGrath, M., Douglas, C. & Duggal, P. & 271 others, Knapp, E., Kress, A., Blackwell, C. K., Mansolf, M. A., Lai, J. S., Ho, E., Cella, D., Gershon, R., Macy, M. L., Das, S. R., Freedman, J. E., Mallal, S. A., McLean, J. A., Shah, R. V., Shilts, M. H., Alshawabkeh, A. N., Cordero, J. F., Meeker, J., Trasande, L., Camargo, C. A., Hasegawa, K., Zhu, Z., Sullivan, A. F., Dabelea, D., Perng, W., Bekelman, T. A., Wilkening, G., Magzamen, S., Moore, B. F., Starling, A. P., Rinehart, D. J., Mitchell, D. K., D’Sa, V., Deoni, S. C. L., Mueller, H. G., Duarte, C. S., Monk, C., Canino, G., Posner, J., Murray, T., Lugo-Candelas, C., Dunlop, A. L., Brennan, P. A., Hockett, C., Elliott, A., Ferrara, A., Croen, L. A., Hedderson, M. M., Ainsworth, J., Bacharier, L. B., Bendixsen, C. G., Gern, J. E., Gold, D. R., Hartert, T. V., Jackson, D. J., Johnson, C. C., Joseph, C. L. M., Kattan, M., Hershey, G. K. K., Lemanske, R. F., Lynch, S. V., Miller, R. L., O’Connor, G. T., Ober, C., Ownby, D., Rivera-Spoljaric, K., Ryan, P. H., Seroogy, C. M., Singh, A. M., Wood, R. A., Zoratti, E. M., Habre, R., Farzan, S., Gilliland, F. D., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Bennett, D. H., Schweitzer, J. B., Schmidt, R. J., LaSalle, J. M., Hipwell, A. E., Keenan, K. E., Karr, C. J., Bush, N. R., LeWinn, K. Z., Sathyanarayana, S., Zhao, Q., Tylavsky, F., Carroll, K. N., Loftus, C. T., Leve, L. D., Ganiban, J. M., Neiderhiser, J. M., Weiss, S. T., Litonjua, A. A., McEvoy, C. T., Spindel, E. R., Tepper, R. S., Newschaffer, C. J., Lyall, K., Volk, H. E., Landa, R., Ozonoff, S., Piven, J., Hazlett, H., Pandey, J., Schultz, R., Dager, S., Botteron, K., Messinger, D., Stone, W., Ames, J., O’Connor, T. G., Miller, R. K., Oken, E., Hacker, M. R., James-Todd, T., O’Shea, T. M., Fry, R. C., Frazier, J. A., Singh, R., Rollins, C., Montgomery, A., Vaidya, R., Joseph, R. M., Washburn, L. K., Gogcu, S., Bear, K., Rollins, J. V., Hooper, S. R., Taylor, G., Jackson, W., Thompson, A., Daniels, J., Hernandez, M., Lu, K., Msall, M., Lenski, M., Obeid, R., Pastyrnak, S. L., Jensen, E., Sakai, C., Santos, H., Kerver, J. M., Paneth, N., Barone, C. J., Elliott, M. R., Ruden, D. M., Fussman, C., Herbstman, J. B., Margolis, A., Schantz, S. L., Geiger, S. D., Aguiar, A., Tabb, K., Strakovsky, R., Woodruff, T., Morello-Frosch, R., Padula, A., Stanford, J. B., Porucznik, C. A., Giardino, A. P., Wright, R. J., Wright, R. O., Collett, B., Baumann-Blackmore, N., Gangnon, R., Jackson, D. J., McKennan, C. G., Wilson, J., Altman, M., Aschner, J. L., Stroustrup, A., Merhar, S. L., Moore, P. E., Pryhuber, G. S., Hudak, M., Lyndaker, A. M. R., Lampland, A. L., Rochelson, B., Jan, S., Blitz, M. J., Katzow, M. W., Brown, Z., Chiuzan, C., Rafael, T., Lewis, D., Meirowitz, N., Poindexter, B., Gebretsadik, T., Osmundson, S., Straughen, J. K., Eapen, A., Cassidy-Bushrow, A., Wegienka, G., Sitarik, A., Woodcroft, K., Urquhart, A., Levin, A., Johnson-Hooper, T., Davidson, B., Ma, T., Barrett, E. S., Blaser, M. J., Dominguez-Bello, M. G., Horton, D. B., Jimenez, M., Rosen, T., Palomares, K., Avalos, L. A., Zhu, Y., Hunt, K. J., Newman, R. B., Bloom, M. S., Alkis, M. H., Roberts, J. R., Mumford, S. L., Burris, H. H., DeMauro, S. B., Yee, L. M., Hamvas, A., Olidipo, A. F., Haddad, A. S., Eiland, L. R., Spillane, N. T., Suri, K. N., Fisher, S. A., Goldstein, J. A., Mithal, L. B., DeRegnier, R. A. O., Maitre, N. L., Nguyen, R. H. N., JaKa, M. M., Sidebottom, A. C., Paidas, M. J., Potter, J. N. E., Ruby, N., Duthely, L., Jayakumar, A., Young, K., Maldonado, I., Miller, M., Slaughter, J. L., Keim, S. A., Lynch, C. D., Venkatesh, K. K., Whitworth, K. W., Symanski, E., Northrup, T. F., Mendez-Figueroa, H., Mosquera, R. A., Karagas, M. R., Madan, J. C., MacKenzie, D. M., Lewis, J. L., Rennie, B. J., Leventhal, B. L., Kim, Y. S., Bishop, S., Nozadi, S. S., Luo, L., Lester, B. M., Marsit, C. J., Everson, T., Loncar, C. M., McGowan, E. C., Sheinkopf, S. J., Carter, B. S., Check, J., Helderman, J. B., Neal, C. R. & Smith, L. M., Dec 2024, In: Scientific reports. 14, 1, 11798.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Genetic liability for gastrointestinal inflammation disorders and association with gastrointestinal symptoms in children with and without autism

Morrill, V., Benke, K., Brinton, J., Soke, G. N., Schieve, L. A., Fields, V., Farzadegan, H., Holingue, C., Newschaffer, C. J., Reynolds, A. M., Fallin, M. D. & Ladd-Acosta, C., Jan 2024, In: American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 195, 1, e32952.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

DNA methylation signatures of prenatal socioeconomic position associated with 36-month language outcomes

Rajaprakash, M., Palmore, M., Bakulski, K. M., Howerton, E., Lyall, K., Schmidt, R. J., Newschaffer, C., Croen, L. A., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Volk, H., Ladd-Acosta, C. & Fallin, M. D., Nov 2024, In: Research in Developmental Disabilities. 154, 104846.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Exposure to air pollution is associated with DNA methylation changes in sperm

Schrott, R., Feinberg, J. I., Newschaffer, C. J., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Croen, L. A., Daniele Fallin, M., Volk, H. E., Ladd-Acosta, C. & Feinberg, A. P., 2024, In: Environmental Epigenetics. 10, 1

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Prenatal Phenol and Paraben Exposures and Adverse Birth Outcomes: A Prospective Analysis of U.S. Births

Trasande, L., Nelson, M. E., Alshawabkeh, A., Barrett, E. S., Buckley, J. P., Dabelea, D., Dunlop, A. L., Herbstman, J. B., Meeker, J. D., Naidu, M., Newschaffer, C., Padula, A. M., Romano, M. E., Ruden, D. M., Sathyanarayana, S., Schantz, S. L., Starling, A. P., Etzel, T. & Hamra, G. B., Jan 2024, In: Environment international. 183, 108378.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Commonly used genomic arrays may lose information due to imperfect coverage of discovered variants for autism spectrum disorder

Yao, M., Daniels, J., Grosvenor, L., Morrill, V., Feinberg, J. I., Bakulski, K. M., Piven, J., Hazlett, H. C., Shen, M. D., Newschaffer, C., Lyall, K., Schmidt, R. J., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Croen, L. A., Fallin, M. D., Ladd-Acosta, C., Volk, H. & Benke, K., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 16, 1, 54.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Parental age at birth, telomere length, and autism spectrum disorders in the UK Biobank cohort

Ye, Q., Apsley, A. T., Hastings, W. J., Etzel, L., Newschaffer, C. & Shalev, I., Nov 2024, In: Autism Research. 17, 11, p. 2223-2231 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

A Mixture of Urinary Phthalate Metabolite Concentrations During Pregnancy and Offspring Social Responsiveness Scale Scores

Yu, E. X., Braun, J. M., Lyall, K., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Fallin, M. D., Croen, L. A., Chen, A., Xu, Y., Yolton, K., Newschaffer, C. J. & Hamra, G. B., Jan 1 2024, In: Epidemiology. 35, 1, p. 84-93 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review