The definitive contract, awarded Tuesday just before the government shutdown, tasks the New York research university with an “investigation of the association between vaccinations and autism prevalence,” as the award description reads.
RPI is expected to place Dr. Juergen Hahn at the helm of the research study team, according to multiple reports. Hahn says his research focus emphasizes “data science approaches applied to autism spectrum disorder” in his faculty biography. He is the director of RPI’s Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies.
The contract award comes just one week after President Donald Trump and his top health advisers, including Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., advised against pregnant women taking Tylenol, linking usage during pregnancy to neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and
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