2022 ASF Supported Findings

The following studies co-authored by ASF grantees were published in 2022. The grants awarded by ASF to fund these studies may have been distributed in years prior to 2022.

Biology and biomarkers

Hawks Z, Todorov A, Marrus N, Nishino T, Talovic M, Nebel MB, Girault J, Davis S, Marek S, Seitzman B, Eggebrecht A, Elison J, Dager S, Mosconi M, Tychsen L, Snyder A, Botteron K, Estes A, Evans A, Gerig G, Hazlett H, McKinstry R, Pandey J, Schultz R, Styner M, Wolff J, Zwaigenbaum L, Markson L, Petersen S, Constantino J, White D, Piven J, Pruett J

PubMed ID: 36712571

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Zoe Hawks.

Deisseroth CA, Lerma VC, Magyar CL, Pfliger JM, Nayak A, Bliss ND, LeMaire AW, Narayanan V, Balak C, Zanni G, Valente EM, Bertini E, Benke PJ, Wangler MF, Chao HT

PubMed ID: 35340043

ASF supported this research through an Undergraduate Summer Research Grant to Nathan Bliss.

Connacher R, Williams M, Prem S, Yeung PL, Matteson P, Mehta M, Markov A, Peng C, Zhou X, McDermott CR, Pang ZP, Flax J, Brzustowicz L, Lu CW, Millonig JH, DiCicco-Bloom E

PubMed ID: 35623351

ASF supported this research through an Undergraduate Summer Research Award to Cynthia Peng.

Birey F, Li MY, Gordon A, Thete MV, Valencia AM, Revah O, Paşca AM, Geschwind DH, Paşca SP

PubMed ID: 34990580

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Aaron Gordon.

Li SW, Zeliger O, Strahs L, Báez-Mendoza R, Johnson LM, McDonald Wojciechowski A, Williams ZM

PubMed ID: 35296863

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Songjun William Li.

Glauser J, Wilkinson CL, Gabard-Durnam LJ, Choi B, Tager-Flusberg H, Nelson CA

PubMed ID: 35021990

ASF supported this research through Post-Doctoral Training Awards to Carol Wilkinson and Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam.

An WW, Nelson CA, Wilkinson CL

PubMed ID: 36452884

ASF and FRAXA Research Foundation supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Carol Wilkinson.

Moffitt JM, Ahn YA, Custode S, Tao Y, Mathew E, Parlade M, Hale M, Durocher J, Alessandri M, Perry LK, Messinger DS

PubMed ID: 35466527

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Yeojin Amy Ahn.

Silverman JL, Thurm A, Ethridge SB, Soller MM, Petkova SP, Abel T, Bauman MD, Brodkin ES, Harony-Nicolas H, Wöhr M, Halladay A

PubMed ID: 35285132

ASF Chief Science Officer Alycia Halladay co-authored this publication.

Gender differences

Putnam OC, Sasson N, Parish-Morris J, Harrop C

PubMed ID: 36408851

ASF supported this research through an Accelerator Award to Clare Harrop.

Wigdor EM, Weiner DJ, Grove J, Fu JM, Thompson WK, Carey CE, Baya N, van der Merwe C, Walters RK, Satterstrom FK, Palmer DS, Rosengren A, Bybjerg-Grauholm J, iPSYCH Consortium, Hougaard DM, Mortensen PB, Daley MJ, Talkowski ME, Sanders SJ, Bishop SL, Børglum AD, Robinson EB

PubMed ID: 36778135

ASF supported this research through Autism Sisters Project grants to Stephan Sanders, Somer Bishop, and Elise Robinson.

Genetics, gene/environment interactions, and utility of genetic findings

Commission on Novel Technologies for Neurodevelopmental Copy Number Variants: Buttermore E, Chamberlain S, Cody J, Costain G, Dang L, DeWoody A, DeWoody Y, Dies K, Eichler E, Girirajan S, Gramm M, Halladay A, Lal D, Lalli M, Levy T, Logsdon G, Lowenstein D, Mefford H, Mulle J, Muotri A, Murphy M, Perez Palma E, Pinter S, Pollak R, Purcell R, Samaco R, Shah B, Signh K, So J, Sundberg M, Veeraragavan S, Vogel-Farley V, Wynshaw-Boris A

PubMed ID: 35931048

ASF Chief Science Officer Alycia Halladay co-authored this publication.

Improved earlier diagnosis

Sacrey LR, Zwaigenbaum L, Brian JA, Smith IM, Armstrong V, Vaillancourt T, Schmidt LA

PubMed ID: 36573373

ASF supported this research through a Pivot Grant to Lonnie Zwaigenbaum.

Kuo SS, van der Merwe C, Fu JM, Carey CE, Talkowski ME, Bishop SL, Robinson EB

PubMed ID: 35849387

ASF supported this research through a Post=Doctoral Training Award to Susan Kuo and Autism Sisters Project grants to Somer Bishop and Elise Robinson.

Pecukonis M, Young GS, Brian J, Charman T, Chawarska K, Elsabbagh M, Iverson JM, Jeste S, Landa R, Messinger DS, Schwichtenberg AJ, Webb SJ, Zwaigenbaum L, Tager-Flusberg H

PubMed ID: 35652157

ASF supported this research through a Baby Siblings Research Consortium Grant to Gregory Young.

Yankowitz LD, Petrulla V, Plate S, Tunc B, Guthrie W, Meera SS, Tena K, Pandey J, Swanson MR, Pruett JR, Cola M, Russell A, Marrus N, Hazlett HC, Botteron K, Constantino JN, Dager SR, Estes A, Zwaigenbaum L, Piven J, Schultz RT, Parish-Morris J, IBIS Network

PubMed ID: 35761377

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Lisa Yankowitz.

Romeo RR, Choi B, Gabard-Durman LJ, Wilkinson CL, Levin AR, Rowe ML, Tager-Flusberg H, Nelson CA

PubMed ID: 34185234

ASF supported this research through Post-Doctoral Training Awards to Laurel Gabard-Durman, Carol Wilkinson, and April Levin.

Interventions, services, and treatments

Gerber AH, Kang E, Nahmias AS, Libsack EJ, Simson C, Lerner MD

PubMed ID: 35904648

Underresearched groups

Singer A, Lutz A, Escher J, Halladay A

PubMed ID: 36508163

ASF President Alison Singer and Chief Science Officer Alycia Halladay co-authored this publication.

Vanegas SB, Dueñas AD, Kunze M, Xu Y

PubMed ID: 35919414

ASF supported this research through a Pivot Grant to Sandra Vanegas.

Levy T, Britvan B, Grosman H, Giserman-Kiss I, Meyering K, Weissman J, Halpern D, Zweifach J, Trelles MP, Foss-Feig JH, Kolevzon A, Sanders SJ, Robinson EB, Buxbaum JD, Bishop S, Siper PM

DOI: 10.1002/aur.2704

Naples A, Tenenbaum EJ, Jones RN, Righi G, Sheinkopf SJ, Eigsti IM

PubMed ID: 36373838

ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Grant to Elena Tenenbaum.

Understanding comorbidities

Lampinen LA, Zheng S, Lounds Taylor J, Adams RE, Pezzimenti F, Asarnow LD, Bishop SL

PubMed ID: 36082844

ASF supported this research through a COVID Research Grant to Shuting Zheng.

Understanding unique features

Shield A, Igel M, Meier RP

PubMed ID: 36312121

ASF supported this research through an Accelerator Award to Aaron Shield.

Yurkovic-Harding J, Linsandrelli G, Shaffer RC, Dominick KC, Pedapati EV, Erickson CA, Yu C, Kennedy DP

PubMed ID: 35561679

ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Julia Yurkovic.

The following studies co-authored by ASF grantees were published in 2022. The grants awarded by ASF to fund these studies may have been distributed in years prior to 2022.

Biology and biomarkers

Gender differences

Genetics, gene/environment interactions, and utility of genetic findings

Improved earlier diagnosis

Interventions, services, and treatments

Underresearched groups

Understanding comorbidities

Understanding unique features

Where are you on your autism journey?

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2022 ASF Supported Findings

The following studies co-authored by ASF grantees were published in 2022. The grants awarded by ASF to fund these studies may have been distributed in years prior to 2022.

Biology and biomarkers

A Prospective Evaluation of Infant Cerebellar-Cerebral Functional Connectivity in Relation to Behavioral Development in Autism

An Integrated Phenotypic and Genotypic Approach Reveals a High-Risk Subtype Association for EBF3 Missense Variants Affecting the Zinc Finger Domain

Autism NPCs From Both Idiopathic and CNV 16p11.2 Deletion Patients Exhibit Dysregulation of Proliferation and Mitogenic Responses

Dissecting the molecular basis of human interneuron migration in forebrain assembloids from Timothy syndrome

Frontal Neurons Driving Competitive Behaviour and Ecology of Social Groups

Neural Correlates of Face Processing Associated with Development of Social Communication in 12-Month Infants with Familial Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Neural response to repeated auditory stimuli and its association with early language ability in male children with Fragile X syndrome

Objective Measurement of Vocalizations in the Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptoms in Preschool Age Children

Reconsidering Animal Models Used to Study Autism Spectrum Disorder: Current State and Optimizing Future

Gender differences

Effects of social complexity and gender on social and non-social attention in male and female autistic children: A comparison of four eye-tracking paradigms

The Female Protective Effect Against Autism Spectrum Disorder

Genetics, gene/environment interactions, and utility of genetic findings

Neurodevelopmental Copy-Number Variants: A Roadmap to Improving Outcomes by Uniting Patient Advocates, Researchers, and Clinicians for Collective Impact

Improved earlier diagnosis

Behavioral and physiological differences during an emotion-evoking task in children at increased likelihood for autism spectrum disorder

Developmental Variability in Autism Across 17000 Autistic Individuals and 4000 Siblings Without an Autism Diagnosis: Comparisons by Cohort, Intellectual Disability, Genetic Etiology, and Age at Diagnosis

Early Predictors of Language Skills at 3 Years of Age Vary Based on Diagnostic Outcome: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium Study

Infants Later Diagnosed with Autism Have Lower Canonical Babbling Ratios in the First Year of Life

Parental Language Input Predicts Neuroscillatory Patterns Associated with Language Development in Toddlers at Risk of Autism

Interventions, services, and treatments

Predictors of Treatment Response to a Community-Delivered Group Social Skills Intervention for Youth with ASD

Underresearched groups

A full semantic toolbox is essential for autism research and practice to thrive

Adapting Parent-Focused Interventions for Diverse Caregivers of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Lessons Learned During Global Crises

Assessing the Utility of Electronic Measures as a Proxy for Cognitive Ability

Exploring communicative competence in autistic children who are minimally verbal: The Low Verbal Investigatory Survey for Autism (LVIS)

Understanding comorbidities

Patterns of Sleep Disturbances and Associations with Depressive Symptoms in Autistic Young Adults

Understanding unique features

Are Palm Reversals the Pronoun Reversals of Sign Language? Evidence From a Fingerspelling Task

Children with ASD Establish Joint Attention During Free-Flowing Toy Play without Face Looks

Where are you on your autism journey?