"Grant Type","Year","Title","Description","Investigator/Fellow","Institution","Award Type","Location","Findings","Publications"
"","2008","Multi-Registry Analyses - Western Australia","Population-based disease registry systems are invaluable research resources due to their non-biased coverage, prospective data collection, large size, and length of...","Leonard, Helen","University of Western Australia","Epidemiology","Perth, Australia","",""
"","2008","International trends in diagnoses and incidence of Autism Spectrum Disorders","Although there have been numerous studies investigating the increased prevalence or ""epidemic"" or autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), it is still not clear whether this...","Glasson, Emma","University of Western Australia","Basic & Clinical","Perth, Australia","",""
"","2008","Scales, procedures, and intervention programs for estimating the prevalence of childhood disability and autism in Bangladesh","The diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) has increased six-fold over the past decade in Bangladesh. However, this resource-poor country has no comprehensive...","Khan, Naila","Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation","Pilot","Dhaka, Bangladesh","",""
"","2010","Epidemiological Study of Pervasive Developmental Disorders in Mexico","Surveys of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are important to estimate the proportion of children in a population who are suffering from this serious developmental...","Fombonne, Eric","McGill University","Pilot","Montreal, Canada","",""
"","2008","Multi-Registry Analyses - Denmark","Population-based disease registry systems are invaluable research resources due to their non-biased coverage, prospective data collection, large size, and length of...","Parner, Erik","University of Aarhus","Epidemiology","Aarhus, Denmark","",""
"","2008","Multi-Registry Analyses - Finland","Population-based disease registry systems are invaluable research resources due to their non-biased coverage, prospective data collection, large size, and length of...","Sourander, Andre","Turku University","Epidemiology","Turku, Finland","",""
"","2006","Neuro-development Disabilities Among Children in India","Given current epidemiologic estimates, there are approximately 1.7 million individuals with autism in India. The primary objective of this research project is to...","Nair, M. K. C.","INCLEN","Other","New Delhi, India","",""
"","2008","ARTI: The Autism Research & Training Initiative in India","The goals of the ARTI project are: 1) to develop and evaluate a case-detection methodology for the identification of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) for use with...","Patel, Vikram","Sangath Centre","Epidemiology","Goa, India","",""
"","2008","A large scale, two phase study to estimate prevalence, and raise awareness, about Autism Spectrum Conditions in India","Despite being the second most populous country in the world, there is a serious dearth of epidemiological research on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in India. While...","Mukerji, Shaneel","Action for Autism","Epidemiology","New Delhi, India","",""
"","2008","Multi-Registry Analyses - Israel","Population-based disease registry systems are invaluable research resources due to their non-biased coverage, prospective data collection, large size, and length of...","Gross, Raz","Sheba Medical Center","Epidemiology","Tel Hashomer, Israel","",""
"","2008","Effect of oxytocin receptor inhibitor (Atosiban) during the perinatal period and prevalence of autism spectrum disorders","Among environmental factors that may confer risk for autism, perinatal factors are prominent. Based on multiple lines of research, it has been hypothesized that...","Ebstein, Richard","Hebrew University","Basic & Clinical","Jerusalem, Israel","",""
"","2008","Multi-Registry Analyses - Norway","Population-based disease registry systems are invaluable research resources due to their non-biased coverage, prospective data collection, large size, and length of...","Stoltenberg, Camilla","Norwegian Institute of Public Health","Epidemiology","Oslo, Norway","",""
"","2008","KwaZulu Nata KZN Autism-Study","Little is known about how frequently Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) occurs in children in developing countries. The primary aim of the KZN Autism Study is to find out...","Kauchali, Shuaib","University of KwaZulu-Natal","Epidemiology","Congella, South Africa","",""
"","2008","Multi-Registry Analyses - Sweden","Population-based disease registry systems are invaluable research resources due to their non-biased coverage, prospective data collection, large size, and length of...","Hultman, Christina","Karolinska Institutet","Epidemiology","Stockholm, Sweden","",""
"","2008","Assisted Reproductive Treatments and Risk of Autism","In the past decade, the use of assisted reproductive treatments such as in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmatic sperm injection has consistently increased, with...","Reichenberg, Avi","King's College London","Pilot","London, United Kingdom","",""
"","2011","Estimating the Economic Costs of Autism","The purpose of this study is to provide an up-to-date estimate of the economic costs associated with autism spectrum disorders. There have been several comprehensive...","Mandell, David","University of Pennsylvania","Other","Philadelphia, PA","",""
"","2011","Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Core Autism Symptoms in School-Age Children","Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are among the most common childhood neurodevelopmental syndromes. A fundamental goal in the field is the discovery of methods that...","Wood, Jeffrey","University of California, Los Angeles","Treatment","Los Angeles, CA","",""
"","2010","Early Exposure to Acetaminophen and Autism","The proposed project will serve as a pilot study to assess feasibility of conducting a full investigation of whether intake of acetaminophen or other analgesics in...","Hertz-Picciotto, Irva","University of California, Davis","Other","Davis, CA","",""
"","2011","PI3K/mTOR signaling as a novel biomarker and therapeutic target in autism","Despite the high prevalence of autism in the USA, and the large impact autism spectrum disorders have on American families, society and economy, there are currently...","Bassell, Gary","Emory University","Suzanne and Bob Wright Trailblazer","Atlanta, GA","",""
"","2010","The Effectiveness of an Evidence-Based Parent Training Intervention in a Community Service Setting","As the prevalence of ASD increases, so has the number of families of children with ASD utilizing community-based services. While several treatment methods, many of...","Stadnick, Nicole","University of California, San Diego","Predoctoral Fellowships","San Diego, CA","",""
"","2010","Advanced Parental Age and Autism: The role of aneuploidy and uniparental disomy in ASD pathogenesis","Numerous studies have demonstrated that rates of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) rise with older ages of the parents. Researchers are currently investigating the...","Berko, Esther","Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University","Predoctoral Fellowships","Bronx, NY","",""
"","2008","Multi-Registry Analyses - Data Mgt Core","Population-based disease registry systems are invaluable research resources due to their non-biased coverage, prospective data collection, large size, and length of...","Bresnahan, Michaeline","Columbia University","Epidemiology","New York, NY","",""
"","2010","Elucidation and rescue of amygdala abnormalities in the Fmr1 mutant mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome","Although the underlying causes of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are complex, two aspects have emerged from studies over the years: 1) there is a large genetic...","Corbin, Joshua","Children's National Medical Center","Basic & Clinical","Washington, DC","",""
"","2010","Early Intervention in an Underserved Population","The prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has increased dramatically in recent years, with recent data reporting one out of every 150 children being affected (...","Lord, Catherine","Weill Medical College of Cornell University","Treatment","New York, NY","",""
"","2008","National Children's Study  Platform","Considerable debate still surrounds the question of whether the incidence of autism has risen over the last 20 years. Although numerous strategies for answering this...","Hertz-Picciotto, Irva","University of California, Davis","Other","Davis, CA","",""
"","2008","Interactions of environment and molecular pathways on brain overgrowth in autism: Maternal inflammation and the PI3/AKT pathway","It has been recently reported that some individuals with autism show premature brain overgrowth early in development. This may be the result of more brain cells,...","Le Belle, Janel","University of California, Los Angeles","Environmental","Los Angeles, CA","",""
"","2008","Relation of Sleep Epileptiform Discharges to Insomnia and Daytime Behavior","Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are known to have a higher prevalence of epilepsy and sleep disturbances which may affect daytime functioning....","Barnes, Gregory","Vanderbilt University","Pilot","Nashville, TN","",""
"","2007","The Development of Chinese versions of ADOS and ADI-R","Of the available standardized diagnostic instruments for autism spectrum disorders, the Autism Diagnostic Observational Schedule (ADOS) and the Autism Diagnostic...","Lee, Li-Ching","Johns Hopkins University","Basic & Clinical","Baltimore, MD","",""
"","2007","Prospective Examination of 6-year Cumulative Incidence of ASDs: A Total Population Study","The prevalence of autism has increased dramatically over the past 10 years, however, reported measures of prevalence do not accurately assess the role of the...","Kim, Young Shin","Yale University","Pilot","New Haven, CT","",""
"","2007","Identifying Gastrointestinal (GI) Conditions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)","Gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction is relatively prevalent in children with ASD, but is especially difficult to diagnose, not only because of the social and...","Winter, Harland","Harvard University","Basic & Clinical","Cambridge, MA","",""
"","2007","Augmentation of CA CADDRE Studies","Since 2001, the California Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research and Epidemiology (CA CADDRE) has been one of the largest, most extensive datasets...","Croen, Lisa","Kaiser Permanente","Basic & Clinical","Oakland, CA","",""
"","2007","Enhancing Current Capacity for Surveillance of Autism Spectrum Disorders: 4 Year Old Surveillance","To better implement services and understand the scope of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), researchers and service providers need an accurate count of how many people...","Nicholas, Joyce","Medical University of South Carolina","Basic & Clinical","Charleston, SC","",""
"","2006","Measuring Severity in Autism Spectrum Disorders","Basic and clinical autism research relies on an accurate assessment of the severity of core autism features—currently measured largely in terms of language delay and...","Gotham, Katherine","University of Michigan","Predoctoral Fellowships","Ann Arbor, MI","",""
"","2006","Autism and Prenatal Hormone Markers","The California Department of Health Services is currently tracking the prevalence and demographic characteristics of autism. This data will be linked to hormone and...","Windham, Gayle","California Department of Public Health","Pilot","Richmond, CA","",""
"","2011","Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network Augmentation with Screening and Assessment","The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-sponsored Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network has monitored the prevalence of Autism...","King, Lydia","Medical University of South Carolina","Other","Charleston, SC","",""
"","2011","Prevalence and patterns of medical co-morbidity and healthcare use before ASD diagnoses in children","Comprehensive electronic medical record data for a large, racially and ethnically diverse population of children born within the Kaiser Permanente (KP) Medical Care...","Croen, Lisa","Kaiser Permanente","Other","Oakland, CA","",""
"","2011","Comprehensive Parent-Mediated Intervention for Children with Autism in Southern Taiwan","Research evidence shows that timely access to early intervention is associated with positive cognitive, adaptive behavior, and language outcomes for children with...","Lee, Li-Ching","Johns Hopkins University","Global Autism Public Health","Baltimore, MD","",""
"","2011","Economic Burden of Current and Future Autism","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;...","Leigh, Paul","University of California, Davis","Basic & Clinical","Davis, CA","",""
"","2011","Pathologic and Genetic Characterization of Novel Brain Cortical Patches in Young Autistic Brains","Autism is among the most devastating childhood disorders in terms of prevalence, morbidity, outcome, impact on the family and cost to society. Autism comprises of...","Belinson, Haim","University of California, San Francisco","Postdoctoral Fellowships","San Francisco, CA","",""
"","2012","ASD Prevalence by DSM-IV and DSM-5: Total Population Study","Studies of ASD over the past 40 years have reported progressively higher prevalence estimates, ranging 0.07-1.8%, and an even higher rate of 2.64% from the most...","Leventhal, Bennett","Nathan Kline Institute","Other","Orangeburg, NY","",""
"","2012","South Carolina Children’s Educational Surveillance Study: Comparison of DSM-IV & DSM-5 Prevalence","In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association will release the newest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders. The transition from DSM-...","Carpenter, Laura","Medical University of South Carolina","Other","Charleston, SC","",""
"","2012","Community-based Study of Autism Spectrum Disorders Among 7-9 y Old Children in Rural Bangladesh","Little is known about autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in most low income countries, especially in underserved South Asia, where access to health professionals to...","Christian, Parul","Johns Hopkins University","Other","Baltimore, MD","",""