Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) is one of only eight children’s hospitals in the nation – and the only one in the western United States named to the national “Honor Roll” of children’s hospitals in U.S. News & World Report rankings. CHLA is home to The Saban Research Institute, one of the largest and most productive pediatric research facilities in the United States and is one of America’s premier teaching hospitals, affiliated with the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California since 1932.
ABCD Study at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Located in East Hollywood, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is one of 21 institutions nationwide taking part in the ABCD Study. Our testing facilities are located in the Saban Research Building at CHLA main campus. MRI scanning will take place on the first floor of the main hospital in the CTSI-CTU Research Imaging Suite. We are easily assessible by LA Metro and close enough for a quick trip to Griffith Park and Observatory after your visit to see us! For more information, please call (323) 361-7756 or email us at [email protected].
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Stefanie Bodison, OTD, OTR/L

Amy West, Ph.D., ABPP

Andrew Marshall, Ph.D.

Ren Hong, Ph.D.

Petra Orozco, LCSW

Carlos Cardenas-Iniguez, Ph.D.

Cynthia Pace Cisneros, Ph.D., MPH

Eric Kan

Angelica Nuñez

Yara Akiel

Silvia Flores

Eugenie Han

Oluchi Ibe

Alexandra Martinez

Leticia Solis

Akiva Kim
Chinyere Okeke

Yuechen Sun
