TY - JOUR
T1 - SPARK
T2 - A US Cohort of 50,000 Families to Accelerate Autism Research
AU - The SPARK Consortium
AU - Feliciano, Pamela
AU - Daniels, Amy M.
AU - Green Snyder, Lee Anne
AU - Beaumont, Amy
AU - Camba, Alexies
AU - Esler, Amy
AU - Gulsrud, Amanda G.
AU - Mason, Andrew
AU - Gutierrez, Anibal
AU - Nicholson, Amy
AU - Paolicelli, Anna Marie
AU - McKenzie, Alexander P.
AU - Rachubinski, Angela L.
AU - Stephens, Alexandra N.
AU - Simon, Andrea R.
AU - Stedman, Amy
AU - Shocklee, Amanda D.
AU - Swanson, Amy
AU - Finucane, Brenda
AU - Hilscher, Brittani A.
AU - Hauf, Brenda
AU - O'Roak, Brian J.
AU - McKenna, Brooke
AU - Robertson, Beverly E.
AU - Rodriguez, Barbara
AU - Vernoia, Brianna M.
AU - Van Metre, Bonnie
AU - Bradley, Catherine
AU - Cohen, Cheryl
AU - Erickson, Craig A.
AU - Harkins, Christina
AU - Hayes, Caitlin
AU - Lord, Catherine
AU - Martin, Christa Lese
AU - Ortiz, Crissy
AU - Ochoa-Lubinoff, Cesar
AU - Peura, Christine
AU - Rice, Catherine E.
AU - Rosenberg, Cordelia R.
AU - Smith, Christopher J.
AU - Thomas, Carrie
AU - Taylor, Cora M.
AU - White, Loran Casey
AU - Walston, Corrie H.
AU - Amaral, David G.
AU - Coury, Daniel Lee
AU - Sarver, Dustin E.
AU - Istephanous, Dalia
AU - Li, Deana
AU - Fombonne, Eric J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Mustafa Sahin has received research funding from Roche, Novartis, Pfizer, Navitor, Rugen, Ibsen, Neuren, and LAM Therapeutics and has served on the Scientific Advisory Board of Sage Therapeutics. Richard A. Gibbs, Donna Muzny, and Aniko Sabo are employees of Baylor College of Medicine, which has part ownership of Baylor Genetics Laboratories and Codified Genomics, each of which derive income from genetic testing. Catherine Lord receives royalties from Western Psychological Services, publisher of the Social Communication Questionnaire. Anthony D. Krentz is an employee of PreventionGenetics and a member of PrevGen Employees, LLC, which owns units in PreventionGenetics. Angela J. Gruber is an employee of PreventionGenetics.
Funding Information:
We are extremely grateful to the thousands of individuals and families who are participating in this study. We are grateful to the many autism advocacy and service organizations that have helped us inform the community about SPARK, including the Autism Society of America and its affiliates, Autism Speaks, Autism Science Foundation, Easter Seals, Arkansas Autism Resource and Outreach Center, Global and Regional Asperger’s Syndrome Partnership, Kentucky Autism Training Center, and Autistic Self Advocacy Network. We thank the members of SPARK’s Community Advisory Council for providing feedback and advice. We thank members of our Scientific and Community Advisory Board and SFARI scientists for advice on our protocol and participant outreach and retention strategies. We thank PreventionGenetics for managing and processing biospecimens, DNA Genotek for handling saliva kit logistics, and Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center for exome sequencing. The SPARK initiative is funded by the Simons Foundation as part of SFARI.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/2/7
Y1 - 2018/2/7
N2 - The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) has launched SPARKForAutism.org, a dynamic platform that is engaging thousands of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and connecting them to researchers. By making all data accessible, SPARK seeks to increase our understanding of ASD and accelerate new supports and treatments for ASD. The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) has launched SPARKForAutism.org, a dynamic platform that is engaging thousands of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and connecting them to researchers. By making all data accessible, SPARK seeks to increase our understanding of ASD and accelerate new supports and treatments for ASD.
AB - The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) has launched SPARKForAutism.org, a dynamic platform that is engaging thousands of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and connecting them to researchers. By making all data accessible, SPARK seeks to increase our understanding of ASD and accelerate new supports and treatments for ASD. The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) has launched SPARKForAutism.org, a dynamic platform that is engaging thousands of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and connecting them to researchers. By making all data accessible, SPARK seeks to increase our understanding of ASD and accelerate new supports and treatments for ASD.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.01.015
DO - 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.01.015
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 29420931
AN - SCOPUS:85044389397
SN - 0896-6273
VL - 97
SP - 488
EP - 493
JO - Neuron
JF - Neuron
IS - 3
ER -