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Grant Type	Year	Title	Investigator/Fellow	Institution	Award Type	Fund Amount
	2011	Physiological Studies in a Human Stem Cell Model of 15q Duplication Syndrome Project Description Although there are likely to be many causes of autism, duplications of a particular region (15q) of the human chromosome is the most frequently identified genetic... Learn More »	Levine, Eric	University of Connecticut	Basic & Clinical	$120,000
	2011	Very early behavioral indicators of ASD risk among NICU infants: A prospective study Project Description The aim of this project addresses the Autism Speaks' priority area to develop methods for the very early detection of risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Epidemiological... Learn More »	Gardner, Judith	Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities	Basic & Clinical	$449,958
	2011	Early life environmental exposures and autism in an existing Swedish birth cohort Project Description Large autism spectrum disorders (ASD) studies utilizing biobanks such as the National Children's Study are planned or underway but the financial cost of following... Learn More »	Lee, Brian	Drexel University	Basic & Clinical	$448,423
	2011	Economic Burden of Current and Future Autism Project Description This study aims to: 1) estimate national annual prevalence costs of all US persons combined with autism for 2010 and for different groups separately: only ages 0-9; 10-... Learn More »	Leigh, Paul	University of California, Davis	Basic & Clinical	$120,000
	2011	Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Studies of Early Neural Signatures of Autism Project Description This prospective, longitudinal functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study aims to characterize the very early development of brain mechanisms for multimodal... Learn More »	Kaiser, Martha	Yale University	Basic & Clinical	$449,809
	2011	Genome-wide examination of DNA methylation in autism Project Description Previous studies have estimated that autism (ASD) is highly heritable, i.e., many of ASDs clinical attributes can be explained by genetics. However, no single causal... Learn More »	Fallin, Dani	Johns Hopkins University	Basic & Clinical	$449,998
	2011	A Cerebellar Mutant for Investigating Mechanisms of Autism in Tuberous Sclerosis Project Description Currently there are no approved drugs that treat the core symptoms of autism, creating a huge unmet need for the millions of individuals around the world affected with... Learn More »	Sahin, Mustafa	Childrens Hospital Boston	Basic & Clinical	$449,861
	2011	5-Hydroxymethylcytocine-Mediated Epigenetic Regulation in Autism Spectrum Disorders Project Description Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) includes an array of disorders including Autism, Rett syndrome and Fragile X syndrome. Accumulating evidence suggests a complex etiology... Learn More »	Li, Xuekun	Emory University	Basic & Clinical	$120,000
	2011	Genomic Influences on Developmental Course and Outcome in Infants at Risk of ASD: A BSRC Study Project Description There has been substantial progress in identifying ASD susceptibility genes; specifically, rare de novo and inherited ‘copy number variants’ (CNVs) involving neuronal... Learn More »	Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie	University of Alberta	Basic & Clinical	$446,345
	2011	The Mechanism of the Maternal Infection Risk Factor for Autism Project Description Although there is a strong genetic contribution to autism, it is clear that environmental factors such as maternal infection can also increase the risk for this disorder... Learn More »	Patterson, Paul	California Institute of Technology	Basic & Clinical	$450,000