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Trajectories and Environments in Autism: a Multi-cohort Study (TEAMS) following autism families in ECHO Phase 2

Award Number: UH3OD023342
ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, NIH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/21/2016
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2030

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Trajectories and Environments in Autism: a Multi-cohort Study (TEAMS) following autism families in ECHO Phase 2 - Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders diagnosed in childhood, with a prevalence of 2% or higher. ASD presents along a spectrum, and characterization according to quantitative measures demonstrates continuous distribution of core traits extending into the general population. While both ASD diagnosis and ASD-related traits have been shown to be highly heritable, evidence also supports contributions of environmental risk factors, including prenatal exposure to air pollution and intake of certain nutrients. In order to address prior gaps in the understanding of environmental risk factors for autism, our team developed the Autism Spectrum Disorder Enriched Risk (ASD-ER) “cohort of cohorts.” In the first phase of ECHO, our cohort contributed to harmonization efforts of diet, air pollution, and neurodevelopment, and advanced use of abbreviated measures of the ASD-related phenotype, while capitalizing on the unique data for autism research presented by ECHO. Here, we propose to build off of these efforts while continuing follow-up of ASD-ER ECHO Phase-1 children through the critical and under-studied period of adolescence and early adulthood in the Trajectories and Environments in Autism: a Multi-cohort Study (TEAMS) project. The goals of this project are to: 1) Examine joint effects of early life air pollution exposure and diet on neurodevelopmental outcomes in ECHO-wide data, addressing the role that folate, fish/fatty acids, and other dietary factors may play in mitigating air pollution associations across neurodevelopmental diagnoses and their related quantitative traits (ASD, ID, and ADHD); 2) Evaluate multi-domain health trajectories of adolescents across neurodevelopmental outcomes in ECHO-wide data, and identify predictors of positive trajectories and outcomes. Using the unique longitudinal data collected through ECHO efforts, we will examine trajectories across mental and physical health and examine how these differ across neurodevelopmental diagnoses and traits. We will also seek to further characterize our specialized outcome area of neurodevelopment, and autism specifically, by conducting psychometric analyses of dimensional measures. Finally, we will 3) Maximize recruitment and retention of our cohort participants via implementation of the ECHO protocol. We will implement a unified recruitment and retention strategy facilitated by incentives and a network of support for adolescents with neurodevelopmental conditions, transition-age autistic youth, and their families. TEAMS will be the first longitudinal study of autistic younger sibling children followed from the womb to adulthood. In doing so, our project presents unique opportunities to advance understanding of environmental predictors and modifiers, conduct cross-outcome comparisons of neurodevelopmental disorders and their latent traits, characterize multi-domain trajectories and identify predictors of positive outcomes in autistic adolescents, and implement the ECHO Phase 2 protocol to ensure an expanded set of research possibilities in this important population, and ultimately, optimize outcomes for autistic individuals and their families.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $801,190 )
2025	2025	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	3141 CHESTNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	10	6/11/2025	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$801,190
														Subtotal = $801,190

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = -$746,130 )
2024	2022	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	3141 CHESTNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	7	1/23/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$746,130
														Subtotal = -$746,130

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2023	2022	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	3141 CHESTNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	7	5/25/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $2,303,194 )
2022	2022	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	3141 CHESTNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	7	8/24/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,303,194
2022	2022	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	3141 CHESTNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	003	7	9/13/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2022	2021	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	3141 CHESTNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	6	4/1/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2022	2021	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	3141 CHESTNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	6	1/21/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $2,303,194

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $2,303,194 )
2021	2021	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	3141 CHESTNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	6	8/25/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,303,194
2021	2020	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	3141 CHESTNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	5	6/16/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $2,303,194

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $2,303,194 )
2020	2020	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	3141 CHESTNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	5	8/19/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,303,194
2020	2019	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	3141 CHESTNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	4	5/11/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $2,303,194

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $2,408,952 )
2019	2019	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	3141 CHESTNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	003	4	9/13/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,307,020
2019	2018	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	3141 CHESTNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	3	6/19/2019	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$0
2019	2018	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	3141 CHESTNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	3	11/23/2018	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$0
2019	2018	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	3141 CHESTNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	3	2/8/2019	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$101,932
														Subtotal = $2,408,952

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $1,917,232 )
2018	2018	DREXEL UNIVERSITY	3141 CHESTNUT ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19104	PHILADELPHIA	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	3	8/29/2018	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$1,917,232
														Subtotal = $1,917,232

Grand Total All Awards = $11,290,826

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Trajectories and Environments in Autism: a Multi-cohort Study (TEAMS) following autism families in ECHO Phase 2

Award Number: UH3OD023342

ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, NIH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/21/2016

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2030

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