As the DAIRC for the ABCD Study, our key responsibilities include 1) establishment of a harmonized MRI acquisition protocol, compatible with all major scanner platforms; 2) central capture, secure transfer, and storage of many different types of data; 3) rigorous quality control and quantitative calibration procedures; 4) centralized image processing and information extraction; 5) statistical analysis tools and procedures for the integration of longitudinal information across measures and modalities; and 6) public sharing of data and tools.

The data analysis, informatics & resource center of ABCD is dedicated to an open approach to scientific research, where data and analysis methods are accessible to all levels of inquiry, amateur or professional. This includes an open source/open methodology driven software development with publicly available software repositories that document ongoing data collection, data analysis and data sharing. The published tools have been developed following the ABCD results-based accountability model and implement the best-practices developed by the ABCD study.

Click here to learn more about our Study Procedures. Click the following links for Imaging Analysis and MRI Acquisition.


Janosch Linkersdörfer

Janosch Linkersdörfer, Ph.D.

Director, Data Science, Management, & Release
Donald Hagler

Don Hagler, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Imaging
Ronyang

Rongguang Yang, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Bioinformatics
Wesley Thompson

Wesley Thompson, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Biostatistics
Kevin Lai

Kevin Lai, Ph.D.

CC-DAIRC Data Scientist, Data Management
Olivier Celhay

Olivier Celhay, M.Sc.

CC-DAIRC Data Scientist, Data Management
Amanda Lin Li

Amanda (Lin) Li, M.S.

CC-DAIRC Data Scientist, Data Management
Erika Bolden

Erika Bolden

REDCap Developer/Administrator
Laika Aguinaldo

Laika Aguinaldo, Ph.D.

Co-Investigator
Tim Brown

Tim Brown, Ph.D.

Co-Investigator
Joshua Kuperman

Joshua Kuperman, Ph.D.

Co-Investigator, Imaging Protocol Developer
David Wing

David Wing, Ph.D.

Co-Investigator
Leo Sugrue

Leo Sugrue, M.D., Ph.D.

Lead Neuroradiologist
Fan

Chun Chieh Fan, Ph.D.

Bioinformatics Programmer
Brian Barry

Brian Barry

Programmer Analyst
Chris Blazej

Chris Blazej

Program Analyst
Qin Zhang

Qin Zhang

Programmer Analyst
Brandon Tsui

Brandon Tsui

Programmer Analyst

Shermaine Abad

Data Analyst
Sammy Berman

Sammy Berman, M.Sc.

Data Science Project Manager
Biplabendu Das

Biplabendu [Billu] Das, Ph.D.

Data Scientist/Manager
Le Zhang

Le Zhang

Data scientist
Wenjie Zheng

Wenjie Zheng, M.A.

Data Analyst

Alex DeCastro, M.S.

Information Systems Analyst

Tanniel Simonian

Consultant
Robert Loughnan1

Robert Loughnan, Ph.D.

Bioinformatician; Post Doctoral Fellow
Laura Ziemer

Laura Ziemer, M.S.

REDCap & Airtable Developer
Diliana Pecheva

Diliana Pecheva, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
Tyler Berkness

Tyler Berkness, M.S.

Staff Research Associate
Amanda Plesa1

Amanda Plesa

Staff Research Associate
Zimmerman

David Zimmerman

Staff Research Associate