Michael R. Williams, PhD

Biography

Dr. Michael R. Williams, Assistant Professor in the College of Human Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, studies the role of Autism Spectrum Disorder candidate genes in neuronal development. Changes to these candidate genes, such as inherited or de novo mutations in coding regions, have been implicated not only autism but also in co-morbid conditions including intellectual disability and epilepsy. To identify therapeutic targets and the causal biology in these disorders, D