Richard Bethlehem is a postdoctoral fellow and research associate at the Autism Research Centre and Brain Mapping Unit at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. He studies integrated neuroimaging and transcriptomics to gain better understanding of the biological underpinnings of typical and atypical neurodevelopment.
Richard Bethlehem
Research associate
University of Cambridge
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Q&A with Richard Bethlehem: What goes into a Brainhack
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Q&A with Richard Bethlehem: What goes into a Brainhack
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9 July 2021 | 7 min read
How normative modeling can reframe autism’s heterogeneity
Normative modeling could capture variability among autistic people and allow for individualized assessments.
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25 February 2020 | 4 min read
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