Autism Speaks

Gives Numerous
Research Grants

By Russell
Scaramella

Honored with the title of Operator of the Year from BP,

Russell Scaramella also received the Beacon Award. He
currently serves as a managing member of U.S. Oil
Holdings, LLC. Through his company, Russell (Russ)
Scaramella supports the work of such charitable
organizations as Autism Speaks.
Autism Speaks has supported research on behalf of
individuals with autism by giving grants to a variety of
scientific and family institutions. Totaling $143,976,306,
these grants have helped 964 institutions in 16 countries
across the world. Some of those who benefit from these
grants include researchers at American universities.
One of Autism Speaks grants for 2015 went to Rebecca
Grzadzinski at Columbia University for a study on
Developing a Sensitive, Cost Effective Measure of
Behavior Change in Children with ASD. Kathryn

Jankowski of the University of Oregon received a grant for

her study on Neurobiological Foundations of SelfConscious Emotion Understanding in Adolescents with
ASD, and Vanderbilt University's Kathryn Unruh will
research Nonsocial Interests and Reward Processing in
Autism Spectrum Disorders through funding from Autism
Speaks.