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Project Element	Element Description
Project Title Project Title	Vitamin D status and autism spectrum disorder: Is there an association?
Principal Investigator Principal Investigator	Hammock, Bruce
Description Description	This work proposes to explore an association between vitamin D status and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis and severity. Using the Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the Environment (CHARGE) study at the Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute in California, Dr. Hammock will examine both levels of vitamin D as well as gene variants which control vitamin D metabolism from mothers, newborn blood spots, children with autism, and typically-developing controls. They will also examine the relationship between vitamin D status and genetic influences which control vitamin D metabolism. The study will determine whether there is a difference in prenatal levels of vitamin D and whether this contributes to later developing autism. Additional variables, such as diet and lifestyle habits, will be examined to help explain this relationship.
Funder Funder	Autism Speaks
Funding Country Funding Country	United States
Fiscal Year Funding Fiscal Year Funding	$85,961
Current Award Period Current Award Period	na
Strategic Plan Question Strategic Plan Question	Question 3: What Caused This To Happen And Can This Be Prevented?
Strategic Plan Objective Strategic Plan Objective	Initiate studies on at least 10 environmental factors identified in the recommendations from the 2007 IOM report "Autism and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunities for Research" as potential causes of ASD by 2012. Estimated cost $56,000,000 over 2 years.
Funder’s Project Link Funder’s Project Link	External Project Page
Institution Institution	University of California, Davis
Institute Location Institute Location	California
Project Number Project Number	4933
Federal or Private Federal or Private	Private
Received ARRA Funding? Received ARRA Funding?	No
History/Related Projects History/Related Projects	Vitamin D status and autism spectrum disorder: Is there an association? \| $61,272.00 \| 2010 \| 4933 Vitamin D status and autism spectrum disorder: Is there an association? \| $80,000.00 \| 2008 \| 4933 Vitamin D status and autism spectrum disorder: Is there an association? \| $0.00 \| 2011 \| 4933

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