about this program

	Our Mission		Are YOU interested in collaborating with Autism Speaks and the CDC?
	Autism Speaks and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are co-sponsoring an initiative to explore possible scientific opportunities in an international collaborative effort in autism epidemiology. The long range objectives of this project are to (1) Develop a network for exchange and collaboration of epidemiology activities across countries; (2) Examine successful international collaborative models applied to other health conditions and identify common features that might facilitate autism surveillance and research; and (3) Identify the unique role that epidemiology can play in understanding the causes of autism; particularly in comparisons across diverse genetic and cultural settings.		Thank you for reading each of our proposed workgroup approaches to see which best fits your current or proposed research method and population under study. Now we would like you to become active with us by joining one or more of these workgroups. If you decide you would like to participate in our ongoing collaboration you can join the Autism Epidemiology list-serv by simply providing the following:   Name   Title   Affiliation   Phone   ( ) - Email               Select workgroup(s) of interest below:     Registry systems approach     Records or service based approach     Developing/low service countries approach                 Interest in epidemiology research:
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