Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD
@NIHDirector_Jay
NIH is launching a new Autism Data Science Initiative
This initiative will bring together powerful data on genetics, biology, and the environment in new ways—helping scientists better understand autism and find ways to improve lives.
Gold standard science is at heart of this work, advancing one of the key goals to Make America Healthy Again.
Read more:
NIH launches $50M Autism Data Science Initiative to unlock causes and improve outcomes
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-launches-fifty-million-autism-data-science-initiative-unlock-causes-improve-outcomes
5:18 PM · Sep 22, 2025
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Autism Data Science Initiative Funded Research
Funded Projects
https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/autism-data-science-initiative/funded-research
Autism Data Science Initiative
The Autism Data Science Initiative (ADSI) will bring together diverse data resources to explore possible contributors to the causes of autism. ADSI will also work to identify how existing treatments/interventions are used and better understand their outcomes to inform the design of future clinical studies.
This initiative will achieve these goals through four strategic aims:
Support the integration of existing data resources with rigorous privacy protections for analysis by autism researchers.
Identify gaps in available data and conduct data generation specifically to fill those gaps.
Support analysis of the new data resources to explore the contribution of a variety of health and other factors to the causes of autism.
Support independent replication and validation of the initiative’s findings.
https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/autism-data-science-initiative