Helping Healthy Brain and Child Development recruit and support families
Official title: The Healthy Brain and Child Development National Consortium Administrative Core
Funded at University of California, San Diego · NIH-11328722 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project helps pregnant people and families with infants and young children join a nationwide effort to learn about brain and child development through age 10.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of California, San Diego NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (La Jolla, United States) |
| Project start | September 30, 2021 |
| Project end | June 30, 2026 |
| Funding year | 2025 |
| Award (this year) | $2,234,478 |
| NIH project number | 3U24DA055325-05S1 |
| Project ID | NIH-11328722 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal participants are pregnant people and families with infants and children up to 10 years old, especially those from communities historically underrepresented in research.
✕Less likely to help
People without children or with children older than 10 would not be eligible and are unlikely to receive direct benefit from this recruitment-focused effort.
What this research studies
This effort boosts local study teams and outreach so more families can find and stay in the Healthy Brain and Child Development project. It provides targeted funds to hire staff, improve outreach, and balance recruitment across communities. The program centralizes communications and a recruitment platform, creates clear materials and social media outreach, and tracks which approaches work best. All of this is meant to make it easier for families to learn about participation and remain involved over time.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, more diverse families would be enrolled and retained, making future findings about child brain development more relevant and useful for care and policy.
How similar studies have gone: Other large birth-cohort efforts have used expanded outreach and centralized recruitment successfully, though coordinating these activities across a national consortium at this scale is relatively new.
Where this research is happening
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University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Chambers, Christina — University of California, San Diego
- Study coordinator: Chambers, Christina
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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.