Overview

• The $50 million gift is the largest single donation ever to U.S. academic medical centers dedicated solely to autism research across the lifespan
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will join forces with Penn Medicine to combine pediatric and adult autism studies under the new Lurie Autism Institute
• Interim director Dr. Dan Rader will lead AI-driven analysis of existing and future datasets to accelerate development of translational therapies
• The institute will introduce a Next-Generation Program in Autism Bioscience certificate to attract PhD trainees and postdoctoral researchers into the field
• LAI plans to host an annual international symposium and award a prize to stimulate global collaboration and amplify funding for autism science