The following studies co-authored by ASF grantees were published in 2025. The grants awarded by ASF to fund these studies may have been distributed in years prior to 2025.
What causes autism? Understanding the basic biology and gene x environment interactions
Mailick M, Bennett T, DaWalt LS, Durkin MS, Forbes G, Howlin P, Lord C, Zaidman-Zait A, Zwaigenbaum L, Bal V, Bishop S, Chiang CH, Di Martino A, Freitag CM, Georgiades S, Hollocks M, Lai MC, Maenner M, Powell PS, Lounds Taylor J, Halladay A.
PubMed ID: 39902495
ASF Chief Science Officer Alycia Halladay co-authored this publication.
Pruitt A, Gupta AR, Hoffman EJ
PubMed ID: 40801227
ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to April Pruitt.
Dougherty JD, Sarafinovska S, Chaturvadi SM, Law TE, Akinwe TM, Gabel HW.
PubMed ID: 40036988
ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Simona Sarafinovska.
Su X, Zhang H, Hong Y, Yang Q, Wang L, Le T, Liu J, Cheruvu L, Labour E, Zhang S, Mendez-Moldonado K, Kreimer A, Song H, Ming GL, Duan J, Pang ZP.
PubMed ID: 40962831
ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Xiao Su.
What are the best ways to support people with autism?
Van der Merwe C, Life B, Phan JM, Halladay A.
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2025.08.252
ASF Chief Science Officer Alycia Halladay co-authored this publication.
Greatorex J, Straiton-Webster D, Ingersoll B.
PubMed ID: 41009202
ASF supported this research through an Undergraduate Summer Research Award to Jessie Greatorex.
Tagavi DM, Kim ES, Locke J.
PubMed ID: 40498255
ASF supported this research through an Early Career Award to Jill Locke.
What are features of autism that should be the focus of interventions?
Clarke EB, Lord C.
PubMed ID: 40448383
ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Elaine Clarke.
Clarke EB, Duncan A, Lord C.
PubMed ID: 39983897
ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Elaine Clarke.
Isenstein EL, Freedman EG, Rico GA, Brown Z, Tadin D, Foxe JJ.
PubMed ID: 40228683
ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Emily Isenstein.
Girault, JB.
PubMed ID: 40096794
ASF supported this research through the Baby Siblings Research Consortium.
What new treatments for autism are being developed?
Dai YG, Tagavi DM, Stone WL, Carter AS.
PubMed ID: 39843660
ASF supported this research through an Accelerator Award to Yael Dai and Diana Tagavi.
Tamura S, Nelson AD, Spratt PWE, Hamada EC, Zhou X, Kyoung H, Li Z, Arnould C, Barskyi V, Krupkin B, Young K, Zhao J, Holden SS, Sahagun A, Keeshen CM, Lu C, Ben-Shalom R, Taloma SE, Schamiloglu S, Li YC, Min L, Jenkins PM, Pan JQ, Paz JT, Sanders SJ, Matharu N, Ahituv N, Bender KJ.
PubMed ID: 40963013
ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Serena Tamura.
Kwok A, Pruett JR, Strelnikov J, Zdonczyk A, Culican S, Tyschsen L, Gordon MO, Marrus N, Todorov A, Reynolds M.
Journal Link: IOVS
ASF supported this research through a Profound Autism Pilot Grant to Margaret Reynolds.
What are the differences between males and females with autism?
Burrows C, Sung S, Zheng S, Young GS, Charman T, Klaiman C, Klin A, Marrus N, Ozonoff S, Piven J, Robins DL, Schmidt RJ, Schwichtenberg AJ, Webb SJ, Zwaigenbaum L, Carver LJ, Chawarska K, Curtin S, Jeste SS, Iverson JM, Landa RJ, Messinger DS, Roberts JE, Stone WL, Tager-Flusberg H, Esler AN, Miller M, Bishop SL, Elison JT.
PubMed ID: 40779266
ASF supported this research through the Baby Siblings Research Consortium.
Putnam O, Swisher M, McFayden T, Chan D, Harrop C.
DOI: 10.1177/27546330251351732
ASF supported this research through a Pre-Doctoral Training Award to Orla Putnam.
What research is needed to better understand the life course of people with autism?
Bal VH, Szatmari P, Georgiades S, Gentiles SJ, Girault J, Howlin P, Lai MC, Carter Leno V, Lord C, Madgett K, Sheinkopf SJ, Simonoff E, Williams ZJ, Zwaigenbaum L, Halladay A.
PubMed ID: 40401338
ASF Chief Science Officer Alycia Halladay co-authored this publication.
Clarke EB, Singer H, Schiltz H, Lord C.
PubMed ID: 39679971
ASF supported this research through a Post-Doctoral Training Award to Elaine Clarke.