Shaffer Lab

Publications

Argonis, RA; Pedapati, EV; Dominick, KC; Harris, K; Lamy, M; Fosdick, C; Schmitt, L; Shaffer, RC; Smith, E; Will, M; McDougle, CJ; Erickson, CA. Patterns in Medication Use for Treatment of Depression in Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2025; 55:1969-1975.

Nelson, MA; Shaffer, RC; Schmitt, LM; Coffman, MC; Horn, PS; Reisinger, DL; Erickson, CA. Health Related Quality of Life in Autistic Youth and Their Families. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2025; 55:1982-1987.

Pedapati, EV; Ethridge, LE; Liu, Y; Liu, R; Sweeney, JA; DeStefano, LA; Miyakoshi, M; Razak, K; Schmitt, LM; Moore, DR; Dominick, KC; Horn, PS; Binder, D; Erickson, CA. Frontal cortex hyperactivation and gamma desynchrony in Fragile X syndrome: Correlates of auditory hypersensitivity. Editor, Narmashiri A. PloS one. 2025; 20:e0306157.

McKinney, WS; Schmitt, LM; De Stefano, LA; Ethridge, L; Norris, JE; Horn, PS; Dauterman, S; Rosselot, H; Pedapati, EV; Reisinger, DL; Friedman, NR; Hong, M; Sweeney, JA; Erickson, C. Results from a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Single-Dose, Crossover Trial of Lovastatin or Minocycline in Fragile X Syndrome. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2025; 35:211-221.

Schmitt, LM; Nelson, M; Shaffer, RC; Erickson, CA. A near normal distribution of IQ in Fragile X Syndrome. Scientific Reports. 2024; 14:23058.

Reisinger, DL; Goodwin, MS; Horn, PS; Schmitt, LM; Coffman, MC; Shaffer, RC. Examining the feasibility and utility of heart rate variability on intervention outcomes targeting emotion regulation in autism: a brief report. Scientific Reports. 2024; 14:15409.

Coffman, M; Wells, M; Schmitt, LM; Reisinger, DL; Horn, PS; Shaffer, RC. Telehealth regulating together pilot trial: emotion regulation intervention for autistic children and adolescents. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2024; 15:1401148.

Wright, JR; Astrovskaya, I; Barns, SD; Goler, A; Zhou, X; Shu, C; Snyder, LA G; Han, B; Aarrestad, A; Abbeduto, L; Choi, YB; Clark, N; Clark, R; Coffman, M. Return of genetic research results in 21,532 individuals with autism. Genetics in Medicine. 2024; 26:101202.

Kang, S; Minshawi, NF; Shaffer, RC. Training and Supporting Caregivers in Evidence-Based Practices. Handbook of Early Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders. : Springer Nature; Springer Nature; 2024.

Liu, R; Pedapati, EV; Schmitt, LM; Shaffer, RC; Smith, EG; Dominick, KC; DeStefano, LA; Westerkamp, G; Horn, P; Sweeney, JA; Erickson, CA. Reliability of resting-state electrophysiology in fragile X syndrome. Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatry. 2023; 9:100070.

Shaffer, R. 53.1 Regulating Together Intensive Outpatient Program: A Unique, Comprehensive Group Treatment Intervention for Children with ASD and Emotion Dysregulation and Their Caregivers. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2023; 62:s78-s79.

Wells, MR; Coffman, MC; Schmitt, LM; Reisinger, D; Horn, P; Shaffer, R. 6.30 Regulating Together: Improvements in Youth With ASD and Emotion Dysregulation Enrolled in Virtual Intervention. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2023; 62:s295.

Kang, S; Jones, A; Shaffer, RC; Erickson, CA; Schmitt, LM. Developing improved outcome measures in FXS: Key stakeholder feedback. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 2023; 137:104502.

Shaffer, RC; Schmitt, LM; Reisinger, DL; Coffman, M; Horn, P; Goodwin, MS; Mazefsky, C; Randall, S; Erickson, C. Regulating Together: Emotion Dysregulation Group Treatment for ASD Youth and Their Caregivers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2023; 53:1942-1962.

Shaffer, RC; Reisinger, DL; Schmitt, LM; Lamy, M; Dominick, KC; Smith, EG; Coffman, MC; Esbensen, AJ. Systematic Review: Emotion Dysregulation in Syndromic Causes of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2023; 62:518-557.

Jones, A; Kang, S; Shaffer, RC; Erickson, CA; Schmitt, LM. Behavioral inflexibility in fragile X syndrome: Accounts from caregivers and self-advocates. Frontiers in Psychology. 2023; 14:1118652.

Rosen, V; Blank, E; Lampert, E; Dominick, K; Will, M; Erickson, C; Pedapati, E; Lamy, M; Shaffer, R. Brief Report: Telehealth Satisfaction Among Caregivers of Pediatric and Adult Psychology and Psychiatry Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disability in the Wake of Covid-19. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2022; 52:5253-5265.

Verma, S; Vandana, P; Soda, T; Koth, KA; Aguayo, P; Shaffer, RC; Hellings, J; Muhle, RA. Incorporation of Telepsychiatry for Patients with Developmental Disorders into Routine Clinical Practice-A Survey of Specialty Clinics Adapting to Telepsychiatry During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2022; 52:5280-5284.

Shaffer, R; Thurman, AJ; Ronco, L; Cadavid, D; Raines, S; Kim, SH. Social communication in fragile X syndrome: pilot examination of the Brief Observation of Social Communication Change (BOSCC). Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 2022; 14:4.

Pedapati, EV; Schmitt, LM; Ethridge, LE; Miyakoshi, M; Sweeney, JA; Liu, R; Smith, E; Shaffer, RC; Dominick, KC; Gilbert, DL; Binder, DK; Lamy, M; Axford, M; Erickson, CA. Neocortical localization and thalamocortical modulation of neuronal hyperexcitability contribute to Fragile X Syndrome. Communications Biology. 2022; 5:442.

Jones, MZ; Kang, S; Blank, E; Coffman, M; Reisinger, DL; Schmitt, L; Randall, SC; Shaffer, RC; Lamy, M. 3.28 Diverse Experiences During Regulating Together Emotion Dysregulation Treatment. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2022; 61:s236-s237.

Silver, H; Rosselot, H; Shaffer, R; Lozano, R. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on School-Aged Children with Fragile X Syndrome. Genes. 2022; 13:1666.

Zhou, X; Feliciano, P; Shu, C; Wang, T; Astrovskaya, I; Hall, JB; Obiajulu, JU; Wright, JR; Murali, SC; Xu, SX; Cohen, C; Colombi, C; Diggins, C; Edmonson, C. Integrating de novo and inherited variants in 42,607 autism cases identifies mutations in new moderate-risk genes. Nature Genetics. 2022; 54:1305-1319.

Schmitt, LM; Sweeney, JA; Erickson, CA; Shaffer, R. Brief Report: Feasibility of the Probabilistic Reversal Learning Task as an Outcome Measure in an Intervention Trial for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2022; 52:4191-4199.

Yurkovic-Harding, J; Lisandrelli, G; Shaffer, RC; Dominick, KC; Pedapati, EV; Erickson, CA; Yu, C; Kennedy, DP. Children with ASD establish joint attention during free-flowing toy play without face looks. Current Biology. 2022; 32:2739-2746.e4.

Beversdorf, DQ; Sohl, K; Levitskiy, D; Tennant, P; Goin-Kochel, RP; Shaffer, RC; Confair, A; Middleton, FA; Hicks, SD. Saliva RNA Biomarkers of Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Children With Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Potential Implications for Precision Medicine. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2022; 12:824933.

Yurkovic, JR; Lisandrelli, G; Shaffer, RC; Dominick, KC; Pedapati, EV; Erickson, CA; Kennedy, DP; Yu, C. Using head-mounted eye tracking to examine visual and manual exploration during naturalistic toy play in children with and without autism spectrum disorder. Scientific Reports. 2021; 11:3578.

Gillentine, MA; Wang, T; Hoekzema, K; Rosenfeld, J; Liu, P; Guo, H; Kim, CN; De Vries, BB A; Vissers, LE L M; Nordenskjold, M; Amatya, A; Astrovskaya, I; Bashar, A; Brooks, E. Rare deleterious mutations of HNRNP genes result in shared neurodevelopmental disorders. Genome Medicine: medicine in the post-genomic era. 2021; 13:63.

White, LC; Law, JK; Daniels, AM; Toroney, J; Vernoia, B; Xiao, S; Feliciano, P; Chung, WK; Abbeduto, L; Aberbach, G; D’Ambrosi, S; Davis, S; Decius, N; Delaporte, J. Brief Report: Impact of COVID-19 on Individuals with ASD and Their Caregivers: A Perspective from the SPARK Cohort. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2021; 51:3766-3773.

Esbensen, AJ; Hoffman, EK; Shaffer, RC; Patel, LR; Jacola, LM. Relationship Between Parent and Teacher Reported Executive Functioning and Maladaptive Behaviors in Children With Down Syndrome. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. 2021; 126:307-323.

Smith, EG; Pedapati, EV; Liu, R; Schmitt, LM; Dominick, KC; Shaffer, RC; Sweeney, JA; Erickson, CA. Sex differences in resting EEG power in Fragile X Syndrome. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2021; 138:89-95.

Bal, VH; Wilkinson, E; White, LC; Law, JK; Feliciano, P; Chung, WK; Abbeduto, L; Aberbach, G; Aberle, S; Acampado, J; Davis, S; Decius, N; Delaporte, J; Dennis, B. Early Pandemic Experiences of Autistic Adults: Predictors of Psychological Distress. Autism Research: official journal of the International Society for Autism Research. 2021; 14:1209-1219.

Wallis, KE; Mulé, C; Mittal, S; Cerda, N; Shaffer, R; Scott, A; Langkamp, D; Augustyn, M; Perrin, E; Soares, N; Blum, NJ. Use of Telehealth in Fellowship-Affiliated Developmental Behavioral Pediatric Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 2021; 42:314-321.

Wink, LK; Reisinger, DL; Horn, P; Shaffer, RC; O'Brien, K; Schmitt, L; Dominick, KR; Pedapati, EV; Erickson, CA. Brief Report: Intranasal Ketamine in Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder-Initial Results of a Randomized, Controlled, Crossover, Pilot Study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2021; 51:1392-1399.

Conner, CM; Golt, J; Shaffer, R; Righi, G; Siegel, M; Mazefsky, CA. Emotion Dysregulation is Substantially Elevated in Autism Compared to the General Population: Impact on Psychiatric Services. Autism Research: official journal of the International Society for Autism Research. 2021; 14:169-181.