The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) is the flagship university of the University of Colorado System in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, the comprehensive research university has more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students. CU Boulder is an AAU Tier-1 research university, the only one in the Rocky Mountain region. Our world-renowned faculty maintain a reputation for excellence in research, creative work and teaching across 150 academic fields. From hands-on learning to close connections with dedicated faculty, CU-Boulder prepares students to become leaders within Colorado and throughout the world.

The University of Colorado is one of 21 institutions nationwide that recruited families to participate in the ABCD Study. We enrolled 215 twin families from the Front Range and around Colorado, in addition to 120 families with 9 and 10 year-old children from the Denver/ Boulder area. We are following these research participants through their adolescent years and into young adulthood, to better understand the influence of health and risk factors on brain development.

Families in the ABCD Study complete their assessments at the Center for Innovation and Creativity (CINC), located at 1777 Exposition Drive in Boulder.

Thank you so much for your involvement in ABCD! For any questions or to schedule your next visit, please call or text us at 303-335-9070 or email us at abcd@colorado.edu.

Click here to learn more about our study procedures.

From left: Teryn Wilkes, Dr. Robin Corley, Dr. Marie Banich, Jen Keith, Paola Badilla, Veronica Henderson-Davis, Dr. Naomi Friedman, Amy Ledbetter, Evangelique Lopez, Kate Abe-Ridgway, Dr. Megan Ross, Abby Tuvel, Dr. Nicole Speer, Dr. John Hewitt