CTSI / CART Pilot Awardees
UCLA CART’s goal for the Pilot Research Program is to attract investigators to study autism and to fund innovative projects so as to broaden the scope of autism research at UCLA. Major funding for the CART pilot grants includes NIH Center grants to CART under the STAART (2003-2008) and ACE (2008-2017) programs. CART has successfully attracted innovative and excellent research proposals and has projects, including human studies* as well as innovative neurobiological studies using molecular and animal models.
View all CART awardees below.
2023 Awardees
UCLA
Project Title: "Molecular drivers of developmental network desynchronization in wild-type and Fmr1-/- mice"
UCLA
Project Title: "Investigating Neural Circuit Mechanisms Underlying Prosocial Behavior and Their Disruption in Autism Spectrum Disorders”
2022 Awardees
UCLA
Project Title: "Thalamocortical disruption during sleep and wake as a biomarker for sensory sensitivity"
UCLA
Project Title: "Exploring the impact of bilingualism on executive function and brain organization in children with autism"
2021 Awardees
UCLA
Project Title: "Management of reproductive health and the impact of menstruation-related hormone change on autism-related impairment among autistic women"
UCLA
Project Title: "Treating Externalizing Behavior Problems in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Investigating a Novel Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Approach"
2020 Awardees
UCLA
Project Title: "Characterizing distinct and shared functional disruptions across genetic etiologies in ASD: Amultivariate pattern analysis "
UCLA
Project Title: "Multi-omics Integration to Identify ASD Network Perturbations and Reposition Drugs "
2019 Awardees
UCLA
Project Title: "Transcriptomic analysis of parvalbumin and pyramidal neurons in the Fmr1-/ mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome"
UCLA
Project Title: "Defining cell types and transcriptional networks in a vocal learner"
2018 Awardees
UCLA
Project Title: "Neurochemical Excitatory/Inhibitory Imbalance and Sensory Over-Responsivity in Children with ASD"
UCLA
Project Title: "EEG markers of intervention response in minimally verbal children with ASD "
UCLA
Project Title: "Quantitative measures of infant motor function to identify early risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder"
2017 Awardees
UCLA
Project Title: "Parsing ASD Heterogeneity: Neuroendophenotypes of Social and Sensory Responsivity"
UCLA
Project Title: "Is dim light at night a risk factor for autism spectrum disorders?"
UCLA
Project Title: "Establishing the causal contribution of microglia and adult neuroinflammation to social, cognitive, and tactile dysfunction in mice with environmental and genetic susceptibilities for ASD"
2016 Awardees
UCLA
Project Title: "Targeting Microglial Activation for Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Proof-of-Concept, Target-engagement Study"
UCLA
Project Title: "Latino Parents of Children with Autism: Understanding how Innovative Mobile Internet Technology can Increase Access to Care"
UCLA
Project Title: "Investigating The Role of Amygdala Circuitry in ASD-Related Behavior"
2015 Awardees
UCLA
Project Title: "From Seeing to Participating: Dysregulation of Functional Connectivity during Action Perception and Imitation in Autism Spectrum Disorder"
2014 Awardees
UCLA
Project Title: "Early Intervention Targeting Social Communication in Infants with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex"
UCLA
Project Title: "Brain oscillatory patterns associated with GABA/Glutamate signaling and cognition in ASD "
UCLA
Project Title: "Immune activation during pre- and post-natal development causes social phenotypes in a mouse model of Tuberous"
2013 Awardees
UCLA
Project Title: "Perfusion MRI and functional connectivity in autism spectrum disorder (ASD)"
UCLA
Project Title: "Impact of autism on action perception"
UCLA
Project Title: "The link between pre-conceptual and prenatal supplementary folic acid intake and ASD In the Danish National Birth Cohort (DNBC)"
2012 Awardees
UCLA
Project Title: "Oxytocin and dopamine signaling in a preclinical model of autism [mouse]"
UCLA
Project Title: "Circadian disruption in the CNTNAP2 mouse model of autism spectrum disorder "
UCLA
Project Title: "Glutamate in Autism and Early Development"