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Craig J. Newschaffer

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cjn5389@psu.edu
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(814) 865-4392

325 Health and Human Development Building
University Park, PA 16802

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Health and the Environment
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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
Autistic Disorder
Autism
Child
DNA Methylation
Mothers
Pregnancy
Breast Neoplasms
Medicaid
Odds Ratio
Confidence Intervals
Epigenomics
Intellectual Disability
Parturition
Fetal Blood
Population
Prostatic Neoplasms
Siblings
Epigenome
HIV

Recent Publications

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

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

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

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

Prenatal Metal Exposures and Child Social Responsiveness Scale Scores in 2 Prospective Studies

Yu, E. X., Dou, J. F., Volk, H. E., Bakulski, K. M., Benke, K., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Schmidt, R. J., Newschaffer, C. J., Feinberg, J. I., Daniels, J., Fallin, M. D., Ladd-Acosta, C. & Hamra, G. B., Jan 1 2024, In: Environmental Health Insights. 18

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Gestational thyroid hormones and autism-related traits in the EARLI and HOME studies

Zhong, C., Rando, J., Patti, M. A., Braun, J. M., Chen, A., Xu, Y., Lanphear, B. P., Yolton, K., Croen, L. A., Fallin, M. D., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Newschaffer, C. J. & Lyall, K., Apr 2024, In: Autism Research. 17, 4, p. 716-727 12 p.

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

Prediction of internalizing and externalizing symptoms in late childhood from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in early childhood

on behalf of program collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes, 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Development and Psychopathology.

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

Prenatal phthalate exposure and adverse birth outcomes in the USA: a prospective analysis of births and estimates of attributable burden and costs

programme collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes, Feb 2024, In: The Lancet Planetary Health. 8, 2, p. e74-e85

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

Examining associations between prenatal biomarkers of oxidative stress and ASD-related outcomes using quantile regression

Carey, M. E., Rando, J., Melnyk, S., James, S. J., Snyder, N., Salafia, C., Croen, L. A., Fallin, M. D., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Volk, H., Newschaffer, C. & Lyall, K., Aug 2023, In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 53, 8, p. 2975-2985 11 p.

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