Margaret Pericak-Vance, Ph.D.
June 11, 2010 — University of Miami Miller School genetic researchers teamed up with 72 centers to discover new genetic targets for autism in the second phase of a collaborative study known as the Autism Genome Project (AGP). UM's John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics (HIHG) is part of the AGP, an international autism genetics research consortium co-funded by Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, and an international public-private partnership. 'By pooling our resources with other institutions, we are able to find these genetic changes,' said Margaret Pericak-Vance, director of the HIHG. 'These findings could eventually lead not only to more accurate diagnosis, but treatment for people with autism spectrum disorders. Without collaborating, we wouldn't have achieved these findings. The HIHG's research was led by Pericak-Vance and conducted by Michael L. Cuccaro, Susan Folstein, and John Gilbert. The HIHG researchers genotyped patients and analyzed data, which was pooled with data from the other institutions for the study.
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