Meng-Chuan Lai

Assistant professor
University of Toronto

Meng-Chuan Lai is associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto in Canada.

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Quashing sex bias in autism research calls for participant rainbow

By Meng-Chuan Lai
25 September 2018 | 6 min read
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Brains of girls, boys may mark distinct paths to autism

By Meng-Chuan Lai
19 October 2015 | 7 min read
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Mind the gender gap

By Meng-Chuan Lai
27 September 2013 | 6 min read

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