- Awarded: 2016
- Award Type: SPARK
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Matthew Siegel, M.D.
Maine Medical Center Research Institute -
Joseph Piven, M.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -
Amanda Gulsrud, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles -
Eric Fombonne, M.D.
Oregon Health & Science University -
Jacob Michaelson, Ph.D.
University of Iowa -
Cordelia Robinson Rosenberg, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Denver -
Suma Jacob, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Minnesota -
Cesar Ochoa-Lubinoff, M.D.
Rush University Medical Center -
Ericka Wodka, Ph.D.
Kennedy Krieger Institute -
Karen Pierce, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego -
Laura Carpenter, Ph.D.
Medical University of South Carolina -
Robert Annett, Ph.D.
University of Mississippi Medical Center -
Stephen Kanne, Ph.D.
University of Missouri -
Juhi Pandey, Ph.D.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia -
Melissa Hale, Ph.D.
University of Miami -
Gabriel Dichter, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -
Latha Soorya, Ph.D.
Rush University Medical Center -
Eric Butter, Ph.D.
Nationwide Children's Hospital -
Mustafa Sahin, M.D., Ph.D.
Boston Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School -
Leonard Abbeduto, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis -
Private: Wendy Chung, M.D., Ph.D.
Columbia University Simons Foundation -
Robin Goin-Kochel, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine -
Catherine Lord, Ph.D.
Weill Cornell Medicine -
Opal Ousley, Ph.D.
Emory University -
Brian O’Roak, Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University -
Christa Lese Martin, Ph.D.
Geisinger Health System -
Zachary Warren, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University -
Craig A. Erickson, M.D.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine -
Robert Schultz, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania -
David Amaral, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis -
Jill Harris, Ph.D.
Children's Specialized Hospital -
Malia Beckwith, M.D.
Children's Specialized Hospital -
Chris Gunter, Ph.D.
Emory University -
Paul Carbone, M.D.
The University of Utah -
Costanza Colombi, Ph.D.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor -
Roger J. Jou, M.D., Ph.D.
Yale University -
Antonio Hardan, M.D.
Stanford University -
Lisa Shulman, M.D.
The Rose F. Kennedy Children’s Evaluation & Rehabilitation Center at Montefiore -
Abha Gupta, M.D., Ph.D.
Yale University -
So Hyun “Sophy” Kim, Ph.D.
Weill Cornell Medicine -
Rebecca Shaffer, Psy. D.
University of Cincinnati -
Cheryl Klaiman, Ph.D.
Emory University -
Dustin Sarver, Ph.D.
University of Mississippi Medical Center -
Jennifer Ann Gerdts, Ph.D.
University of Washington -
Ivy Tso, Ph.D.
University of Michigan Medical School -
Kerri P. Nowell, Ph.D.
University of Missouri
SPARK (Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge) is an autism research initiative that aims to recruit, engage and retain a community of 50,000 individuals with autism and their family members living in the U.S. Participation in this cohort will involve contribution of medical and behavioral information, mailing in saliva for genetic analysis, the potential option to have genetic findings related to autism returned, and consenting to be invited to participate in future research studies.
The project is operated by the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) in collaboration with 31 university-affiliated research clinics, whose roles are to help enroll individuals with autism and their families to the study. Numerous national and local autism community organizations across the U.S. are also helping to find research participants and spread the word about this landmark initiative.
Families who are interested in learning more about SPARK or in participating can visit SPARKforAutism.org. De-identified data will be available to qualified researchers worldwide.
** A list of participating clinical sites and community partners is available here.