Healthy Brain and Child Development National Consortium for early childhood
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This project follows thousands of pregnant people and their children to learn how early life events and environments shape brain and behavior through the first ten years.
Quick facts
| Grant type | U01 cooperative agreement |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | New York University School of Medicine NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (New York, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11138666 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you join, researchers would follow you during pregnancy and your child through age 10 with periodic clinic visits. Visits may include brain imaging (MRI), EEG recordings, behavioral and development tests, questionnaires about health and environment, and collection of biological samples. The study combines data from 27 sites across the United States to create a large, diverse picture of typical development and how things like stress, substance exposure, or illness can change it. Data will be shared with qualified scientists to speed up discoveries that could help children in the future.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Pregnant people and their newborns or infants who can attend follow-up visits, scans, and sample collections at a participating site are ideal candidates.
Not a fit: Adults without young children, children older than the study age range, or people unwilling to attend repeated visits or scans would not benefit directly from participating.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: Successful results could help doctors spot early signs of developmental risks and guide earlier support or treatments for children.
How similar studies have performed: Previous large birth-cohort studies have linked early exposures to later outcomes, but running harmonized brain imaging and biospecimen collection across thousands of infants through age 10 is relatively new.
Where this research is happening
New York, United States
- New York University School of Medicine — New York, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Thomason, Moriah E — New York University School of Medicine
- Study coordinator: Thomason, Moriah E
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.