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