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Meet the 2025 Eagles Autism Foundation Award Recipients

Published on

Apr 25, 2025

Learn about the five projects that received funding from the Eagles Autism Foundation

Learn about five CHOP projects funded by the Eagles Autism Foundation that aim to improve treatment for autism spectrum disorders.

Ready to CONNECT: Conversation and Language in Teens

Conversations are important for getting along in everyday life, but we don't really know what makes them successful. This study aims to find out what factors help make conversations better.

Jenelle Nissley-Tsiopinis, PhD

Dr. Nissley-Tsiopinis aims to improve the quality and implementation of interventions for children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and other children/teens with executive functioning deficits, and to improve access to these interventions for diverse populations.

E-mail:

nissleyj [at] chop.edu

Michael Gandal, MD, PhD

Dr. Gandal investigates the genetic contributions to typical human brain development and neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders. His multidisciplinary research program integrates genetics with functional genomic profiling in the human brain, along with bioinformatics and computational biology.

E-mail:

gandalm [at] chop.edu

Anderson Laboratory

The Anderson Lab studies forebrain development in relation to neuropsychiatric illness (e.g., autism, epilepsy, and schizophrenia), working with transgenic stem cells to discover how mitochondrial function influences schizophrenia risk. They aim to develop a novel prevention or treatment strategy.