Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
On this episode of The Vitals, we dive deep into one of the most compelling topics in global health today: autism. We welcome two leading experts from the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai:
Dr. Joseph D. Buxbaum – Professor of Psychiatry, Genetics & Genomic Sciences, and Neuroscience; Director of the Seaver Autism Center: mshs.co/4oTxZcq
Dr. Avraham (Avi) Reichenberg – Professor of Psychiatry and Preventive Medicine; Director of the Population Research & Environmental Epidemiology Program at Seaver: mshs.co/4nHbiXZ
In this episode, Drs. Buxbaum and Reichenberg engage in an insightful conversation covering autism’s genetic architecture, how environmental exposures before and during pregnancy may modulate ASD risk, the real-world implications for families, clinicians, researchers, and the broader community, and what the future may hold for autism care.
🔗 Learn More & Take Action
👉 Visit the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment: https://icahn.mssm.edu/research/seaver
Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell so you never miss an episode of The Vitals: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCT7BA-HcHliU8QIXyuk_74L_uH0gyKGt
On this episode of The Vitals, we dive deep into one of the most compelling topics in global health today: autism. We welcome two leading experts from the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai:
Dr. Joseph D. Buxbaum – Professor of Psychiatry, Genetics & Genomic Sciences, and Neuroscience; Director of the Seaver Autism Center: mshs.co/4oTxZcq
Dr. Avraham (Avi) Reichenberg – Professor of Psychiatry and Preventive Medicine; Director of the Population Research & Environmental Epidemiology Program at Seaver: mshs.co/4nHbiXZ
In this episode, Drs. Buxbaum and Reichenberg engage in an insightful conversation covering autism’s genetic architecture, how environmental exposures before and during pregnancy may modulate ASD risk, the real-world implications for families, clinicians, researchers, and the broader community, and what the future may hold for autism care.
🔗 Learn More & Take Action
👉 Visit the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment: https://icahn.mssm.edu/research/seaver
Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell so you never miss an episode of The Vitals: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCT7BA-HcHliU8QIXyuk_74L_uH0gyKGt










