Active Autism Research Grantees
| Title | Principal Investigator | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Prenatal Factors in Autism and Other Psychiatric Outcomes in a National Birth Cohort | Brown, Alan | Columbia University Health Sciences |
| Behavioral and Neurological Effects of Developmental Pyrethroid Exposure in Rodents | Burkett, James | Emory University |
| Gene-environment Interactions in the Developmental Neurotoxicity of Air Pollution | Costa, Lucio | University of Washington |
| Prenatal Exposure to Metals and Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder in MARBLES and EARLI | Volk, Heather | Johns Hopkins University |
| Environmental Influence on Infant Microbiome Development and ASD Symptoms | Hertz-Picciotto, Irva Mills, David | University of California, Davis |
| The CHARGE Study: Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the Environment | Hertz-Picciotto, Irva | University of California, Davis |
| Air-pollution Risk for Autism and ADHD – Cross-disorder Insights and Genetic Liability | Kalkbrenner, Amy Scheddel, Diana | University of Wisconsin Milwaukee |
| Sexually Dimorphic Epigenetic Regulation of Fetal Brain Development by Environmental Stressors | Krueger, Bruce K. | University of Maryland, Baltimore |
| PCB Epigenomic Brain & Behavior Lasting Effects Study (PEBBLES) | Lasalle, Janine M. Lein, Pamela J. Schimdt, Rebecca Jean | University of California, Davis |
| Prenatal Environmental Toxicants Induce Neuroinflammation Causing Autistic Behaviors | Lawrence, David A. | Wadsworth Center |
| Trimester-specific Variation in Air Quality and Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Natural Experiment | Ladd-Acosta, Christine Zhang, Junfeng | Johns Hopkins University |
| Molecular and Cellular Basis of PCB Developmental Neurotoxicity | Lein, Pamela | University of California, Davis |
| Neurodevelopmental Effects of Perfluorinated Chemicals | Liew, Ze Yan | University of Californa, Los Angeles |
| Prenatal Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemical Mixtures and ASD Risk | Newschaffer, Craig J. | Drexel University |
| The Placenta: A Novel Target of Sex Specific Neurotoxicity by Fire Retardants | Patisaul, Heather | North Carolina State University |
| Discovery of Early Life Causes of Autism Spectrum Disorder Through Retrospective Metabolomics and Proteome Analysis of Teeth | Petrick, Lauren Andra, Syam S | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| Brain and Behavior Study of Autism From Infancy Through School Age (co-fund with NICHD) | Piven, Joseph | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Epidemiological Research on Autism in Jamaica - Phase II | Rahbar, Mohammad | University of Texas Health Sciences Center |
| Autism and Prenatal Endocrine Disruptors (A-PED) | Reichenberg, Avraham | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Epigenetic Alterations, and Autism-like Behaviors in the Highly Social California Mouse Model | Roberts, R. Michael | University of Missouri, Columbia |
| BUILDS MARBLES: Biorepository Upkeep and Infrastructure for Longitudinal Data Sharing For MARBLES | Schmidt, Rebecca Bennett, Deborah Hall | University of California, Davis |
| Folic Acid Prevention Pathways for ASD in High Risk Families | Schmidt, Rebecca | University of California, Davis |
| Investigating Air Pollution Effects on the Developing Brain and ASD | Volk, Heather | University of Southern California |
| Particulate Air Pollutants and Autism Risk: Exposure Characteristics, Indicators of Susceptibility, and Mechanistic Pathways | Xiang, Anny H. McConnell, Rob S. | Kaiser Foundation Research Institute |
| Environmental-use Chemicals That Target Pathways Linked to Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders | Zylka, Mark J. | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| Environmental Chemical Mixtures and Metabolomics in Autism Spectrum Disorder | Petrick, Lauren | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| Examining Dietary Modifiers of Associations Between Air Pollution and Autism-related Outcomes in Two Cohorts | Lyall, Kristen Volk, Heather | Drexel University |
| Expanding the Value of the EARLI Study: Small Cohort with Big Data | Fallin, Danielle | Johns Hopkins University |
| Functional RNA Modifications, Micronutrient Exposure, Developmental Disabilities | Xie, Hehuan Wang, Xiaobin | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University |
| Gene-environment Interactions in Autism | Corces, Victor | Emory University |
| Gut-brain Dysfunction Following Combined Prenatal Stressors: Relevance for Autism | Bilbo, Staci | Duke University |
| Metals Dysregulation, Brain Development, and Autism Spectrum Disorder | Volk, Heather Curtin, Paul | Johns Hopkins University |
| The CHARGE Study Phase II: A Multifactorial Approach to Autism Etiology | Hertz-Picciotto, Irva Bennett, Deborah Hall Schmidt, Rebecca Jean Walker, Cheryl Katherine | University of California, Davis |
| The Interplay of Early Life Exposure to Environmental Pollutants and Folate System in the Etiology of Autistic Behaviors | Oulhote, Youssef | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Effects of Air Pollution/Maternal Stress on Microglial Sculpting Of Social Circuits | Smith, Caroline Jackson | Duke University |
| A National Birth Cohort Study of Prenatal Factors and Neurodevelopmental Psychiatric Disorders | Brown, Alan Stewart | New York State Psychiatric Institute |
| Parental Lifetime Occupational Exposures and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Offspring | Dickerson, Aisha S. | Johns Hopkins University |
| Role of Epigenetically Active Environmental Compounds in Neurodevelopmental Disorders | Terskikh, Alexey V. | Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute |
| A Systematic Study of the Environmental Etiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder Using High-throughput Behavioral Screening | Geng, Yijie | University of Utah |
| Effects of Maternal Thyroid Function and Thyroidal Disruptor Exposure on Pregnancy and Child Developmental Outcomes | Lee-Marquez, Sun Y. | Boston Medical Center |
| Interactions of Environmental Chemical Mixtures, Genetics, and Immune Pathways in Autism Spectrum Disorder | Ames, Jennifer Lisa | Kaiser Foundation Research Institute |
| Early Life Air Pollution Exposures as a Risk Factor for Neurodevelopmental Disorders | Cory-Slechta, Deborah A. | University of Rochester |
| Role of Early Postnatal Exposure to Non-persistent Pesticides Through Breast Milk on Neurodevelopment | Taha, Ameer | University of California, Davis |
| High Throughput Molecular Screen for Environmental Epigenetic Modifiers in Brain Development and ASD | Eyring, Katherine | University of California, Los Angeles |