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Name: Jessica Brian

Jessica Brian

Title: Clinician Investigator

Theme: Evaluation of Care

Education:

Ph.D., Psychology (Clinical-Developmental), York University (2000)

University Positions:
         
Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics
University of Toronto Associate Member, School of Graduate Studies;
OISE/UT

Research Interests:

Autism, Developmental Disabilities; Early Identification and Intervention

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications:

Autism Genome Project Consortium (Szatmari, Paterson, Zwaigenbaum, Roberts, Brian, et al.). Mapping autism risk loci using genetic linkage and chromosomal rearrangements. Nature Genetics Advance Online Publication. Feb 2007.

Dosman C, Drmic I, Brian J, Senthilselvan A, Harford M, Smith R, Roberts W. Ferritin as an indicator of suspected iron deficiency in children with autism spectrum disorder: Prevalence of low serum ferritin concentration. Dev Med Child Neurol. (2007, in press).

Dosman C, Brian J, Drmic I, Senthilselvan A, Harford M, Smith R, Sharieff W, Moldofsky H, Zlotkin S, Roberts W. Children with autism: Effect of iron supplementation on sleep and ferritin. Pediatr Neurol. 2007; 36 (3), 152-158.

Bryson, SE, Zwaigenbaum L, Brian JA, Roberts W, Szatmari P, Rombough V, McDermott C. A prospective case series of high-risk infants who developed autism. J Autism Dev Disord. (2007, in press).

Loh A, Soman T, Brian J, Bryson S, Roberts W, Szatmari P, Smith I.,  Zwaigenbaum L. Stereotyped motor behaviors associated with autism in high-risk infants: a pilot videotape analysis of a sibling sample. J Autism Dev Disord. (2007, in press).

Mitchell S, Brian J, Zwaigenbaum L, Roberts W, Szatmari P, Smith I, Bryson S. Early language and communication development of infants later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2006; 27(2) Supplement 2: S69-S78.

Zwaigenbaum L, Bryson SE, Rogers T, Roberts W, & Brian J. Behavioural manifestations of autism in the first year of life. International Journal of Developmental Neurosciences. (2005, in press).

Oram Cardy JE, Flagg EJ, Roberts W, Brian J, Roberts T. MEG identifies rapid temporal processing deficit in autism and language impairment, Neuroreport. 2005; 16(4): 329-332. 

Cauley K, Brian JA. Teaching play-related verbalizations to children with autism using precision teaching. Journal of Precision Teaching and Celeration. 2004; 19(2): 39-42.

Brian JA, Landry R, Szatmari P, Niccols A, Bryson SE. Habituation in high- risk infants: Reliability and patterns of responding. Infant Child Dev. 2003; 12: 387-394.

Brian JA, Tipper SP, Weaver B, Bryson S. Inhibitory mechanisms in autism: Typical selective inhibition of location versus facilitated perceptual processing. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2003; 44(4): 552-560.

Askalan R, Mackay M, Brian J, Otsubo H, McDermott C, Bryson S, Boyd J, Snead C, Roberts W, Weiss S. Prospective preliminary analysis of the development of autism and epilepsy in children with infantile spasms. J Child Neurol. 2002; 18: 165-170.

Roberts W, Weaver L, Brian J, Bryson S, Emelianova S, Griffiths AM, MacKinnon B, Yim C, Wolpin J, Koren G. Repeated doses of porcine secretin in the treatment of autism: A randomized placebo-controlled trial. Pediatrics. E71. Reprinted (2002). Evid Based Ment Health. 2001; 5: 22.

Bebko JM, Wainwright JA, Brian JA, Coolbear J, Landry R, Vallance D. Social competence and peer relations in children with mental retardation: Models of the development of peer relations. Journal on Developmental Disabilities. 1998; 6(1): 1-31.

Brian JA, Bryson SE. Disembedding performance and recognition memory in autism/PDD. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1996; 37: 865-872.

Contact Information:
Bloorview Research Institute,
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
150 Kilgour Road
Toronto, Ontario M4G 1R8

E-mail:  jbrian at hollandbloorview dot ca

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