Welcome to the CHARGE Syndrome Lab

Children with CHARGE syndrome frequently engage in behavior that is challenging to those who work or live with them. The behavior is often described as obsessive compulsive, autistic-like, and stereotypical. The function of the lab is to investigate the genetic, biological, environmental and individual factors that may be implicated in the etiology of these behaviors, with the aim of better describing the behavior and developing appropriate strategies for intervention and prevention.

Projects currently under various stages of development include the following: adolescent development in CHARGE, sleep in CHARGE, stress in CHARGE, the experience of siblings of children with CHARGE, and case studies in CHARGE. Projects under consideration include research on pain, sense of well-being, obsessive-compulsive behavior, anesthesiology and its effects, and parenting.

We welcome undergraduate and (potential) graduate students with an interest in our work to apply to assist in the lab.

Rachel Vert, Kasee Stratton, Tim Hartshorne and Rachel Jones.

NEWS

Presentations at the International CHARGE Syndrome Conference in Chicago, July 23-26.

Kasee Stratton, “What’s there to stress about? The case of CHARGE.”

Tim Hartshorne, “Parenting children with CHARGE syndrome.” and the other was

Tim Hartshorne, “Update on the CHARGE behavioral phenotype.” 

Kasee Stratton and Tim Hartshorne (poster): “Identification of pain in CHARGE syndrome.”

Tim Hartshorne, Kasee Stratton, and Conny van Ravenswaaij (poster): “Prevalence of genetic testing in CHARGE.”

Upcoming presentations:

Tim Hartshorne will do a one day training on CHARGE in Bergen, Norway, on October 12th.

Tim Hartshorne and Kasee Stratton will be presenting at a one day symposium on pain in CHARGE syndrome in Denmark on October 21^st.

Tim Hartshorne is the first editor for a book on CHARGE to be published by Plural Publishing next year. More information Click Here.