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Autism Speaks has funded over $5,435,846 in research grants in the state of New York. Funded studies include work done at:

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 
  • Cold Spring Harbor University
  • College of State Island/CUNY  
  • Columbia University
  • Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Cornell University
  • Health Research, Inc.
  • Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  • New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities
  • New York University
  • New York University, Medical Center
  • New York University, School of Medicine
  • Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
  • State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • The City College of the City University of New York
  • University of Rochester
  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Autism Treatment Network Site:
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Agnes Whitaker, M.D.
Reet Sidhu, M.D.

Contact: Maureen McSwiggan-Hardin
Phone: 212-342-2117
Please visit the Developmental Neuropsychiatry Program for more information.

University of Rochester Medial Center, Rochester, NY
Susan Hyman, M.D.
Tristram Smith, Ph.D.

Contact: Carol Stamm, Sr. Health Project Coordinator
Phone: 585-275-0953
Please visit the Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Research department for more information.

Clinical Trials Network:
Long Island Jewish Hospital Long Island,NY

Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY
To learn more about the network or ongoing trials visit www.autismspeaks.org/ctn and www.clinicaltrials.gov

Spotlight on a Researcher
Dr. Ting Wang from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine is an assistant professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. Dr. Wang is studying the efficacy of a cognitive behavioral social skills intervention. Her study, Evaluating Behavioral and Neural Effects of Social Skills Intervention for School-Age Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, is being funded by Autism Speaks. To read more about Dr. Wang's work click here.

 

 Spotlight on Pilot Awards

Matthew Belmonte, Ph.D
Cornell University
$119,968 for 2 years

Video game environments for the integrative study of perception, attention and social cognition in autism and autism sibs.

This study will use EEG to measure brain activity in autistic children and their siblings, as well as a control group of normal children. Brain activity will be measured both within and between brain regions while the subjects play video games with embedded tests for both high-level and low-level functions, such as attention, executive function, perception, and social cognition. Computational analysis of the activity measured will allow researchers to determine the relative strength of neural connections in different subjects while performing different types of tasks.

This research will evaluate a unified hypothesis of brain dysfunction in autism, which may lead to a better understanding of the neural pathways underlying the symptoms of autism.

Click here for a full listing of Pilot Awards

 

Wednesday, September 03, 2008.

 Did you Know....Autism Speaks sponsored the first of its kind Immunology Workshopwhich evaluated the current of knowledge about the potential role of immunological factors in the pathogenesis of autism, and outlined critical areas of future research to clarify the relationship of such factors to autism and investigate their potential relevance for therapeutic interventions.


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