# Dissemination and Outreach Core

> **NIH NIH P50** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 2021 · $398,832

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY 
Notably, since its inception as an NIH Autism Center in 2003, the UCLA Center for Autism Research and 
Treatment (CART) took the lead in developing advanced training in behavioral, clinical, and health services 
research in the field of autism, as well as disseminating these research findings to the community. Within this 
ACE Center renewal, one of the primary aims of the Dissemination, Outreach, and Education Core (Core D) 
activities will be to strengthen community partnerships to enhance our dissemination and outreach practices to 
further encompass those from diverse racial and ethnic groups and disadvantaged backgrounds, while 
continuing our long established practice of providing education and training to the next generation of autism 
researchers. We will broaden our community ties through formalized partnerships with mental health agencies 
and schools in ethnically diverse and under-resourced areas in order to reach stakeholders in 
underrepresented areas throughout Los Angeles. To this end, the specific aims of Core D include: (1) 
strengthening our community partnerships to ensure successful recruitment and retention of study participants 
from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups and those from disadvantaged backgrounds; (2) establishing 
an infrastructure to optimize outreach and promote two-way communication between CART investigators and 
the community of individuals with ASD, their caregivers, and other stakeholders through the sharing of current 
research, as well as the discussion of feasibility about proposed studies; (3) translating and disseminating 
accessible research findings to research participants, stakeholders, and the broader scientific and practitioner 
communities through community-focused and University-based cross-center training activities; and (4) 
developing new interdisciplinary training and mentorship initiatives in autism research for graduate students, 
post-doctoral fellows, and early career investigators, including those from diverse racial and ethnic 
backgrounds and those who are new to the field of autism. While Dissemination and Outreach are considered 
fundamental components of Core D within the ACE Centers, the inclusion of Education within this Core is a 
unique aspect of this proposal and underscores the importance which the UCLA CART places upon the 
training of future generations of autism researchers. Our ultimate goal though Core D is to develop a pathway 
toward interdisciplinary research that is enriched through the consideration of the needs and expectations of 
the community, and through the inclusion of more racially and ethnically diverse groups, from research 
participants to the scientists who serve them.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10228042
- **Project number:** 5P50HD055784-15
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **Principal Investigator:** Elizabeth Ann Laugeson
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $398,832
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2007-08-06 → 2024-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10228042

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10228042, Dissemination and Outreach Core (5P50HD055784-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10228042. Licensed CC0.

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