Sydney Pettygrove, PhD, is an epidemiologist with expertise in the surveillance and epidemiology of birth defects and developmental disabilities, and environmental epidemiology.  Dr. Pettygrove is currently the epidemiologist for the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program (ADDSP) and the Arizona Muscular Dystrophy Research and Surveillance Program (AMDSRP).

Publications:

C Rice, J Nicholas, J Baio, S Pettygrove, LC Lee, K Van Naarden Braun, N Doernberg, C Cunniff, C Newschaffer, FJ Meaney, J Charles, A Washington, L King, M Kolotos, K Mancilla, CA Mervis, L Carpenter, M Yeargin-Allsopp. Changes in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Prevalence in Four Areas of the United States. Submitted for publication.

CE Rice, J Baio, MJ Morrier, LD Wiggins, N Hobson, LC Lee, JS Nicholas, LA Carpenter and S Pettygrove. Changes in Diagnostic Testing Practices for the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) in Four US Populations. International Meeting for Autism Research Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 7-9, 2009.

CE Rice, J Baio, A Washington, JS Nicholas, L King, LC Lee and S Pettygrove. Age And Use Of The Early Classification Of The Autism Spectrum Disorders (Asds) In Multiple Areas Of The United States. International Meeting for Autism Research London, May  2008.