NIH Awards Nearly $10M to UCLA Center for Autism Research, Treatment
The National Institutes of Health, recognizing UCLA’s leadership in understanding and developing interventions for autism spectrum disorder, has renewed its support of the UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment with a five-year, $9.7 million grant.
The Autism Center of Excellence grant is directed by Susan Bookheimer, director of the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at UCLA. It supports research projects led by autism experts Mirella Dapretto, Dr. Shafali Jeste, Connie Kasari, Elizabeth Laugeson, Dr. Daniel Geschwind and Dr. Jim McCracken.
“This renewed support will allow UCLA to continue our decade-long preeminence in groundbreaking autism research,” said Geschwind, the director of the UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment and a distinguished professor of neurology, psychiatry and human genetics.
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