The ABCD Study®

What we have learned about adolescent mental health and where we are going after a decade with the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study This review synthesizes ten years of research utilizing data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, emphasizing how the study’s…

The first article in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience special issue, “10 Years of The ABCD Study®” is now available!

Social Determinants of Health and Pediatric Long COVID in the US This cross-sectional analysis of a meta-cohort study evaluates associations between social determinants of health and odds of long COVID in children and adolescents.

New @theabcdstudy.bsky.social findings from RECOVER about social determinants of health and pediatric long COVID: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Check out this podcast episode from @vox.com Unexplainable featuring our very own Dr. Raul Gonzalez from the #ABCDStudy site at @fiu.bsky.social

This Monday 9/22 & Tuesday 9/23: ABCD Insights & Innovations Meeting at the #NationalInstitutesofHealth in Bethesda, MD (in-person only). This year’s AIIM will include workshops + Q&A sessions for ABCD data users at all levels to connect & give input on the #ABCDstudy’s future. abcdstudy.org/meeting

Join us TODAY, Monday, September 8th at either 5pm or 8pm ET for a FREE 🧠 webinar!

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3 weeks away! 📆 Inside Adolescence: Substance Use Patterns, Predictions, Risk, and Resilience in the #ABCDStudy®.

This webinar will be held twice on Monday, September 8th, to accommodate different time zones.

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Join us for the ABCD Insights & Innovations Meeting (AIIM) September 22-23 at the #NationalInstitutesofHealth in Bethesda, MD (in-person only). AIIM will include workshops and Q&A sessions for ABCD data users at all levels to connect & give input on the #ABCDstudy’s future. www.abcdstudy.org/meeting

📆 Mark your calendars for our next webinar: Inside Adolescence: Substance Use Patterns, Predictions, Risk, and Resilience in the #ABCDStudy®.

The webinar will be held twice on Monday, September 8th, to accommodate different time zones.

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Tomorrow at 9:00am ET, join us for day 2 of our expert panel meeting, ABCD: Continuing the Arc of Development.

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Help shape the future of the #ABCDStudy! Join us for a 2-day general meeting on July 21 & 22. Details at the link below 🧠
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Join us for a FREE #webinar September 8: “Inside Adolescence: Substance Use Patterns, Predictions, Risk & Resilience in the #ABCDstudy.” Experts will share research findings on early substance use & explore potential protective factors that could prevent or delay it. abcdstudy.org/webinar-sept...

Congratulations to Dr. @lucinauddin.bsky.social, Associate Director of the #ABCDStudy Coordinating Center, on her keynote lecture at this year's @ohbmofficial.bsky.social Conference! 🧠 #OHBM2025

Thank you to everyone who joined our @ohbmofficial.bsky.social roundtable discussion about the future of the #ABCDStudy #OHBM2025

YouTube video by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA/NIH) An Introduction to the NBDC Data Sharing Platform by Dr. Nora Volkow

Exciting news! The #NIH Brain Development Cohorts Data Hub #NBDCDataHub is now available!

• Researchers can explore #ABCDStudy & #HBCDStudy data in one place – with robust tools, documentation & workflows

• Learn more & apply for data access: www.nbdc-datahub.org

YouTube video by The ABCD Study® Tutorial on the new Data Exploration and Analysis Portal (DEAP)

Learn how to query #ABCDStudy data ontologies & create datasets using the new Data Exploration and Analysis Portal (DEAP) in this interactive demo:

In honor of #WorldNoTobaccoDay, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), has released a new social media reel & toolkits to support pediatric clinicians & health professionals in addressing the increasing trend of concurrent tobacco & cannabis use among adolescents.
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• Raw and derived brain imaging, EEG, and motion(actigraphy) data using the BIDS standard for data organization

Questions? Email: nbdc@mail.nih.gov.

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Included in the inaugural release:

• Data domains encompassing prenatal health, pregnancy exposures including substance use, social and environmental determinants of health, infant brain imaging and activity, cognition and behavior, physical growth, and wearable biosensors

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Please refer to the HBCD Study data sharing page at hbcdstudy.org/data-sharing for data release updates.

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HBCD data users: The inaugural HBCD data release will include data from over 1300 pregnant participants during theprenatal period. For about half of these participants, follow-up data from their babies will also be included.

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For detailed information about the ABCD Study®, please visit the ABCD Study data sharing: abcdstudy.org/scientists/d...

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•Neuroimaging:

• Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) – formatted raw data

• Concatenated resting-state and task-based data

• ABCD Community Collection (ABCC) BIDS derivatives data

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• Two new tables will be shared containing general participant information that may change over time(dynamic variables, e.g., cohort descriptions) as well as visit-specific information (static variables, e.g., visit date/time)

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New with the 6.0 release:

• All summary scores for tabulated data have been recomputed and a link to a companion R package will be provided on the ABCD wiki

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ABCD data users: The ABCD 6.0 data release includes cumulative data from baseline through the six-year follow-up visit, with data from about 75% of participants at that timepoint.

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Researchers with an active DUC from the NIMH Data Archive will need to obtain a new DUC via the NBDC platform

• Responsible Use Training: Complete training on responsible data and biospecimen use prior to data access approval

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• Streamlined Data Use Certification (DUC) Workflows: Choose individual or investigator-led group DUC. Visit the NBDC platform to learn more & start your DUCapplication: nbdc-duconly.lassoinformatics.com

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The NBDC platform will offer a range of functionalities:

• Scalable Data Integration: Seamlessly manage large volumes of data, including neuroimaging & genomics data

• Customized Query Tools: Easily navigate data dictionaries to find the variables you need for your research goals

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Coming June 2025! We are excited to launch the NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Hub. This new data ecosystem will host & facilitate access to data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study & the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study.

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Join us at 9:00am ET on July 21-22 for our ABCD: Continuing the Arc of Development expert panel meeting. This 2-day public meeting will convene scientific experts from multiple disciplines to provide input and recommendations regarding the future of the ABCD Study.