Jay Bhattacharya on large-scale data science for autism: recommends

Bhattacharya recommends large-scale data science on autism — the approach embodied in the $50 million-plus Autism Data Science Initiative (ADSI) he launched on September 22, 2025, funding 13 projects across genomics, epigenomics, exposomics, and large datasets, with independent replication and validation hubs. He says uniting datasets “in ways never before possible” will deepen understanding of autism’s causes and rising prevalence, according to the NIH release. His reasoning combines genetics with environmental, perinatal, and immune factors, and the design builds replication in from the start via independent validation hubs. Boston University’s Helen Tager-Flusberg endorsed the gene-environment approach as “where the field needs to be going” (Scientific American, September 2025).

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