Autism Research Database - Strategic Plan Objective Project Details

Project Element	Element Description
Project Title Project Title	Autism genetics: Homozygosity mapping and functional validation
Principal Investigator Principal Investigator	Walsh, Christopher
Description Description
Funder Funder	National Institutes of Health
Funding Country Funding Country	United States
Fiscal Year Funding Fiscal Year Funding	$735,107
Current Award Period Current Award Period	2007-2017
Strategic Plan Question Strategic Plan Question	Question 3: What Caused This To Happen And Can This Be Prevented?
Strategic Plan Objective Strategic Plan Objective	Coordinate and implement the inclusion of approximately 20,000 subjects for genome-wide association studies, as well as a sample of 1,200 for sequencing studies to examine more than 50 candidate genes by 2011. Studies should investigate factors contributing to phenotypic variation across individuals that share an identified genetic variant and stratify subjects according to behavioral, cognitive, and clinical features.
Subcategory Subcategory	Genetic Risk Factors
Funder’s Project Link Funder’s Project Link	NIH RePORTER Project Page
Institution Institution	Boston Children's Hospital
Institute Location Institute Location	Massachusetts
Project Number Project Number	5R01MH083565-07
Federal or Private Federal or Private	Federal
History/Related Projects History/Related Projects	N/A