Autism Blog - Autism Science Foundation announces 2010 Doctoral Training Award Recipients

10 Feb 2010

Author: Sullivan
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Autism Science Foundation announces 2010 Doctoral Training Award Recipients

The Autism Science Foundation has awarded six student/mentor teams grants to further research.

The teams and projects are listed below:

Sarita Austin/Dr. Rhea Paul; Yale Child Study Center:
Enhancing Understanding and Use of Conversational Rules in School-Aged Speakers with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Karen Burner/Dr. Sara Jane Webb; University of Washington, Seattle:
Observational and Electrophysiological Assessments of Temperament in Infants at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders

Rhonda Charles/Dr. Joseph Buxbaum; Mount Sinai School of Medicine:
A Preclinical Model for Determining the Role of AVPR1A in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Sarah Hannigen/Dr. Mark Strauss; University of Pittsburgh:
Defining High and Low Risk Expression of Emotion in Infants at Risk for Autism

Matthew Maenner/Dr. Maureen Durkin; University of Wisconsin, Madison:
Phenotypic Heterogeneity and Early Identification of ASD in the United States

Michael Sidorov/Dr. Mark Bear; MIT:
Investigation of Postnatal Drug Intervention’s Potential in Rescuing the Symptoms of Fragile X Syndrome in Adult Mice

The awards total $180,000.

Awards such as these serve a dual purpose. Yes, they get specific research projects support. More important in the long run is helping to recruit and keep good researchers studying autism.

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