About Us
The National Autism Research Center is composed of scientists from Ben Gurion University (BGU) and physicians from Soroka Medical Center, who study, diagnose, and treat autism and other developmental disorders in the Israeli Negev (southern district of Israel).
The center was initiated in 2015, initially focusing on building the first regional autism database in Israel and the Middle East. Today, the database contains comprehensive information from over 1000 children referred to Soroka with a suspicion of autism. This data includes various clinical, behavioral, genetic, neuroimaging, and other measures from the referred children and their parents.
Our Activities
We recruit approximately 150 new families annually and collect longitudinal data during annual follow-up visits. Our current focus is on expanding the types of data collected from each child and their family while strengthening the clinical and scientific partnership we have formed at the center.