Stelios Georgiades

Assistant professor
McMaster University

Stelios Georgiades is associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. He is founder and co-director of the McMaster Autism Research Team.

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Tracing autism’s trajectories could help explain its diversity

By Stelios Georgiades
15 May 2017 | 5 min read

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