Information, Child Mental Health and Society (2014-2015)
Imagine a world where we understand how to detect mental health and developmental problems in early childhood so that we can intervene early in life and prevent future suffering and impairment.
This project team contributed to an important collaboration among researchers at Duke University and Duke Medical Center that was launched in October 2015 as an Apple ResearchKit app called Autism & Beyond. The free app invites parents and young children to take part in a study. First, the child watches four short videos while the iPhone camera records the child’s reactions. Next, the parent is asked to complete short surveys. Finally, the parent can upload the whole recording or just the face features. The app is intended not to diagnose but to test the reliability of smartphone questionnaires and video analysis of facial expressions as a possible screening tool for autism and other developmental disorders. The team has been working with colleagues in China to roll out a Mandarin version.
Timing
2014-2015
Team Outcomes
Helen L. Egger, Geraldine Dawson, Jordan Hashemi, Kimberly L. H. Carpenter, Steven Espinosa, Kathleen Campbell, Samuel Brotkin, Jana Shaich-Borg, Qiang Qiu, Mariano Tepper, Jeffrey P. Baker, Ricky Bloomfield, Guillermo Sapiro. 2018. Automatic Emotion and Attention Analysis of Young Children at Home: A ResearchKit Autism Feasibility Study. npj Digital Medicine June 1.
Geraldine Dawson and Scott Kollins, Co-occurring ADHD in young children with ASD: Precursors, detection, neural signatures, and early treatment ($12,500,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health, 2017)
Information, Child Mental Health and Society (poster)
Videos
Autism Screening App: Check This Out!
Researchers Are Using Machine Learning to Screen for Autism in Children
Apple Video Featuring the Project
“Autism & Beyond” Apple App: From the Creators
Risk Assessment for Autism in Young Children
About the Autism & Beyond Study
Autism & Beyond - DIHI ResearchKit Project
Reflections
This Team in the News
For Duke Researchers, Internal Seed Funding Yields a Robust Harvest
Researchers Create App to Diagnose, Help Treat Autism
Researchers Are Using Machine Learning to Screen for Autism in Children
Speeding Autism Diagnosis, Improving Outcomes Using Machine Learning
Noted Autism Researcher Named Director of Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
Geri Dawson Named Director of Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
Outreach Podcast on Autism App Features Postdoc Jordan Hashemi
Research on Mobile App Identifies Route to Broader, Easier Access to Autism Screening
Faculty Perspectives: Geraldine Dawson
Mobile App for Autism Screening Yields Useful Data
These Ph.D. Graduates Played Key Roles in Their Bass Connections Projects
Duke Receives $12.5 Million to Study Children With Autism and ADHD
There's an App for That: Enabling Early Intervention in Autism
Autism App Team Wins Cultural Diversity Award
Duke Researchers Developing App to Screen for Autism
Putting Big Data to Work in Autism Diagnosis
Working Together to Change the Lives of Children and Families
Jordan Hashemi: My Bass Connections Pathway
Duke Launches Autism Research App
Could This iPhone App Transform How We Diagnose Autism?
Apple’s Latest ResarchKit Apps Are Taking on Autism and Epilepsy
Apple Announces New ResearchKit Studies for Autism, Epilepsy & Melanoma
Apple Partners with Hospitals for New ResearchKit Studies on Autism, Epilepsy, Melanoma
New Research Apps Use iPhone and Apple Watch to Track Autism, Epilepsy and Melanoma
ResearchKit Collaboration Showcases Duke Teamwork and Speed
Apple to Harness iPhone Data for Autism, Epilepsy and Melanoma Studies
Can an App Help Detect Autism?
Employees Honored with Teamwork, Diversity Awards
Chasing the Next Autism Breakthrough
Event Brief: Big Insights into Little People
This project team was originally part of the Education & Human Development theme of Bass Connections, which ended in 2022. See earlier related team, Information, Child Mental Health and Society (2013-2014).