Workgroups

Reviews the current state-of-the-science to recommend appropriate non-imaging measures for inclusion in the protocol considering developmental appropriateness, psychometrics, anticipated stability and change over the study period, harmonization with the larger research literature, articulation with the entire measurement battery, and subject burden. When indicated, the assessment groups make recommendations for modifications to the assessments that might be indicated by new scientific findings, improved technologies, or demonstrated limitations of existing protocols (e.g., decreasing sensitivity to maturing cohort).

Mental Health

Focuses on identifying a core set of measures to obtain information from parents and children on mental health relevant experiences, behaviors, and attitudes, and environmental exposures important for mental health.

Workgroup Chairs:
Barch, Deanna (Co-Chair) – Washington University in St. Louis; Email: dbarch@wustl.edu
Potter, Alexandra (Co-Chair) – University of Vermont; Email: alexandra.potter@uvm.edu

Full Members:
Albaugh, Matt – University of Vermont
Avenevoli, Shelli – National Institute of Mental Health
Baskin-Sommers, Arielle – Yale University
Blachman-Denner, Dara – Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Clark, Duncan – University of Pittsburgh
Foxe, John – University of Rochester
Gee, Dylan – Yale University
Giedd, Jay – University of California San Diego
Glantz, Meyer – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Hudziak, Jim – University of Vermont
Johns, Michelle – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kelley, Barbara – National Institute of Justice
LeBlanc, Kimberly – National Institute on Drug Abuse
McGlade, Erin – University of Utah
Mulford, Carrie – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nagel, Bonnie – Oregon Health & Science University
Neigh, Gretchen – Virginia Commonwealth University
Sher, Ken – University of Missouri
Tapert, Susan – University of California San Diego

Post-Doctoral Fellow Members:
Karcher, Nicole – Washington University in St. Louis
Palmer, Clare – University of California San Diego

Gender Identity & Sexual Health

This workgroup recommends developmentally sensitive assessments of constructs related to gender identity and sexual behavior, and monitors the ongoing collection of this data.

Workgroup Chair:
Potter, Alexandra (Chair) – University of Vermont; Email: Alexandra.Potter@uvm.edu

Full Members:
Barrios, Lisa – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Bookheimer, Susan – University of California Los Angeles
Dube, Sarahjane – University of Vermont
Feldstein-Ewing, Sarah – Oregon Health & Science University
Freedman, Ed – University of Rochester
Hoffman, Elizabeth – National Institute on Drug Abuse / National Institutes of Health
Ivanona, Masha – University of Vermont
Johns, Michelle – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
McGlade, Erin – University of Utah
Robin, Leah – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Physical Health

Focuses on identifying a core set of measures to obtain information from parents and children on physical health relevant attributes and behaviors, and environmental exposures important for physical health.

Workgroup Chairs:
Yurgelun-Todd, Deborah (Co-Chair) – The University of Utah; Email: Deborah.Yurgelun-Todd@hsc.utah.edu
Sowell, Elizabeth (Co-Chair) – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles/University of Southern California; Email: esowell@chla.usc.edu

Full Members:
Baker, Fiona – SRI International
Chang, Linda – University of Maryland at Baltimore
Clark, Duncan – University of Pittsburgh
Dagher, Rada – National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Herting, Megan – University of Southern California
Jernigan, Terry – University of California San Diego
Kit, Brian – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
LeBlanc, Kimberly – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Lisdahl, Krista – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Neigh, Gretchen – Virginia Commonwealth University
Renshaw, Perry – The University of Utah
Tapert, Susan – University of California San Diego
Uban, Kristina –  University of California, Irvine

Post-Doctoral Fellow Members:
Marshall, Andrew – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Palmer, Clare – University of California San Diego
Sheth, Chandni – The University of Utah
Wilbur, Aimee – SRI International

NeuroCognition

Neurocognitive measures collectively assess participants’ levels of crystallized and fluid reasoning, reading ability, working memory, behavioral inhibition, verbal learning and memory, sequencing skills, processing speed, attention, and visuospatial reasoning. Measures were selected to maximize data quality across the ten year longitudinal assessment, and to be sensitive to small changes in cognitive efficiency as children move from adolescence into adulthood.

Workgroup Chairs:
Luciana, Monica (Co-Chair) – University of Minnesota; Email: lucia003@umn.edu
Bjork, Jim (Co-Chair) – Virginia Commonwealth University; Email: jmbjork@vcu.edu

Full Members:
Anokhin, Andrey – Washington University in St. Louis
Banich, Marie – University of Colorado Boulder
Barch, Deanna – Washington University in St. Louis
Haist, Frank – University of California San Diego
Friedman-Hill, Stacia – National Institute of Mental Health
Hoffman, Elizabeth – National Institute on Drug Abuse / National Institutes of Health
Jacobus, Joanna – University of California San Diego
McCandliss, Bruce – Stanford University
McGlade, Erin – The University of Utah
Nagel, Bonnie – Oregon Health & Science University
Nixon, Sara Jo – University of Florida
Prouty, Devin – SRI International
Schloesser, Dana – Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research / National Institutes of Health
Tapert, Susan – University of California San Diego

Post-Doctoral Fellow Member:
Palmer, Clare – University of California San Diego

Consulting Members:
Lisdahl, Krista – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
McCandliss, Bruce – Stanford University

Substance Use

Focuses on assessment of lifetime and recent quantity/frequency and patterns of use of all major drug categories (alcohol, nicotine, marijuana, caffeine, stimulants, ecstasy, depressants/sedatives, opiates, hallucinogens, steroids, and inhalants). Important predictors of substance use are also captured, including peer use, perceived harm of use, disapproval of use, availability of substances and intention to use. Measures were selected to be developmentally-appropriate and gated to: 1) avoid exposing non- or low-using youth to substance use questions; and 2) assess motives, expectancies, symptoms, craving and withdrawal in youth reporting use.

Workgroup Chairs:
Heitzeg, Mary (Co-Chair) – University of Michigan; Email: mheitzeg@med.umich.edu
Lisdahl, Krista (Co-Chair) – Lisdahl, Krista – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Email: medinak@uwm.edu

Full Members:
Cloak, Christine – University of Maryland, Baltimore
Feldstein-Ewing, Sarah – Oregon Health & Science University
Gonzalez, Raul – Florida International University
Haist, Frank – University of California San Diego
Kaufman, Annette – National Cancer Institute
LeBlanc, Kimberly – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Lopez, Marsha – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Madden, Pam – Washington University in St. Louis
Sher, Ken – University of Missouri
Tapert, Susan – University of California San Diego

Post-Doctoral Fellow Members:
Ross, Jessica (Megan) – University of Colorado Boulder
Wade, Tasha – University of California San Diego

Culture & Environment

Selects measures of socio-cultural and environmental factors that may confer risk or protection to the development of health or mental health problems in youth. Whenever possible, measures are chosen to be brief, appropriate for administration throughout adolescence, and valid across cultures. The domains that are assessed span individual, family, school, and neighborhood factors and include prosocial behaviors, problem solving, independence/self-reliance, acculturation, biculturalism, parental monitoring, parental warmth, family conflict, familism, school environment, and neighborhood safety.

Workgroup Chairs:
Zucker, Bob (Co-Chair) – University of Michigan; Email: zuckerra@med.umich.edu
Gonzalez, Raul (Co-Chair) – Florida International University; Email: raul.gonzalezjr@fiu.edu

Full Members:
Arroyo, Judith – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Feldstein-Ewing, Sarah – Oregon Health & Science University
Howlett, Katia – National Institute on Drug Abuse / National Institutes of Health
Iyengar, Sunil – National Endowment for the Arts
Jean-Francois, Beda – National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
LeBlanc, Kimberly – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Mason, Michael – University of Tennessee
Morris, Amanda – Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Sanchez, Mariana – Florida International University
Tapert, Susan – University of California San Diego

Post-Doctoral Fellow Members:
Infante, Alejandra – University of California San Diego
Robledo-Gonzalez, Marybel – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Ensures that all aspects of participant retention are monitored, consistent with the sampling methods and design, including suggesting new metrics and strategies to inform targeted interventions to improve retention.

Feldstein-Ewing, Sarah (Co-Chair) – Oregon Health & Science University; Email: feldstei@ohsu.edu
Garavan, Hugh (Co-Chair) – University of Vermont; Email: Hugh.Garavan@uvm.edu
Anokhin, Andrey – Washington University in St. Louis
Brown, Sandra – University of California San Diego
Chang, Linda – University of Maryland at Baltimore
Cottler, Linda – University of Florida
Dowling, Gaya – National Institute on Drug Abuse / National Institutes of Health
LeBlanc, Kimberly – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Silberg, Judy – Virginia Commonwealth University
Tapert, Susan – University of California San Diego
Zucker, Bob – University of Michigan

Ensures the biostatistical approaches used to address the study aims are optimal for, and take full advantage of, all aspects of the study design.

Workgroup Chair:
Thompson, Wes (Chair) – University of California San Diego; ; Email: wkthompson@ucsd.edu

Full Members:
Dick, Anthony – Florida International University
Fan, Chun Chieh – University of California San Diego
Garavan, Hugh – University of Vermont
Grant, Steve – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Hagler, Donald – University of California San Diego
Haist, Frank – University of California San Diego
Heeringa, Steve – University of Michigan
Heyser, Charles – University of California San Diego
Hoffman, Elizabeth – National Institute on Drug Abuse / National Institutes of Health
Neale, Mike – Virginia Commonwealth University
Paulus, Martin – Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Pariyadath, Vani – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Reuter, Chase – University of California San Diego
Schilling, Paul – University of California San Diego
Sher, Kenneth – University of Missouri
Sripada, Chandra  –  University of Michigan
Zablocki, Rong – University of California San Diego

Post-Doctoral Fellow Members:
Feczko, Eric – Oregon Health & Science University
Hawes, Samuel – Florida International University
Marshall, Andrew – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Non-Member Consultant:
Nichols, Tom – University of Warwick, UK

Trainee Members:
Hahn, Sage – University of Vermont
Lopez, Daniel – University of Rochester
Zahs, Dan – University of Michigan

Hewitt, John (Co-Chair) – CUB; Email: john.hewitt@colorado.edu
Thompson, Wes (Co-Chair) – University of California San Diego; Email: wes.stat@gmail.com
Arpana, Agrawal – Washington University in St. Louis
Brown, Sandra – University of California San Diego
Dale, Anders – University of California San Diego
Fan, Chun-Chieh – University of California San Diego
Garavan, Hugh – University of Vermont
Heyser, Charles – University of California San Diego
Jernigan, Terry – University of California San Diego
LeBlanc, Kimberly – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Little, Roger – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Madden, Pam – Washington University in St. Louis
Schork, Nicholas – University of California San Diego
Tapert, Susan – University of California San Diego

Focuses on methods to make use of existing data, such as geolocation-based information and procurement of school, medical, and other records, with permission, to better understand participant contextual and background information while minimizing participant burden.

Paulus, Martin (Co-Chair) – Laureate Institute for Brain Research; Email: mpaulus@laureateinstitute.org
Thompson, Wes (Co-Chair) – University of California San Diego; Email: wes.stat@gmail.com
Aklin, Will – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Bagot, Kara – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Breslin, Florence – Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Brown, Sandra – University of California San Diego
Herting, Megan – Keck School of Medicine of USC
Hoffman, Elizabeth – National Institute on Drug Abuse / National Institutes of Health
Infante, Alejandra – University of California San Diego
Lessov-Schlaggar, Christina – Washington University in St. Louis
Lisdahl, Krista – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Matthews, Stephen – Penn State
McCandliss, Bruce – Stanford University
Neale, Mike – Virginia Commonwealth University
Ross, Jessica Megan – University of Colorado Boulder
Sowell, Elizabeth – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles/University of Southern
Spittel, Mike – Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Tapert, Susan – University of California San Diego
Vrieze, Scott – University of Minnesota

Focuses on methods to collect key information with minimal burden to participants, often using technology. One project will use wearable sensors (e.g., Fitbits) to measure activity, sleep, and other health indicators in youth. Social media use, including mobile applications for data collection, may also be explored in the future.

Workgroup Chairs:
Baker, Fiona (Co-Chair) – SRI International; Email: Fiona.baker@sri.com
Fuemmeler, Bernard (Co-Chair) – Virginia Commonwealth University; Email: bernard.fuemmeler@vcuhealth.org

Full Members:
Aklin, Will – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Bagot, Kara – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Breslin, Florence – Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Brown, Sandra – University of California San Diego
Hoffman, Elizabeth – National Institute on Drug Abuse / National Institutes of Health
Howlett, Katia – National Institute on Drug Abuse / National Institutes of Health
Iyengar, Sunil – National Endowment for the Arts
Jean-Francois, Beda – National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Lisdahl, Krista – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Mason, Michael – University of Tennessee Knoxville
Neale, Mike – Virginia Commonwealth University
Squeglia, Lindsay – Medical University of South Carolina
Sowell, Elizabeth – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles/University of Southern
Tapert, Susan – University of California San Diego
Tomko, Rachel – Medical University of South Carolina
Vrieze, Scott – University of Minnesota
Wilbur, Aimee – SRI International
Wolff Hughes, Dana – Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research / National Institutes of Health

Post-Doctoral Fellow Members:
Wade, Natasha – University of California San Diego
Marshall, Andrew – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Develops and implements a strategy to effectively engage ABCD stakeholders, promote awareness about the study and its benefits, and encourage participation in the study by developing outreach materials (e.g., website, brochures, recruitment letters, videos), identifying vehicles and influencers to amplify our message to further raise awareness, and working with the Coordinating Center to monitor site outreach to identify gaps and propose solutions when needed. The group also coordinates the dissemination of study findings to stakeholders and constituents as they are available.

Hoffman, Elizabeth (Co-Chair) – National Institute on Drug Abuse / National Institutes of Health; Email: elizabeth.hoffman@nih.gov
Howlett, Katia (Co-Chair) – National Institute on Drug Abuse / National Institutes of Health; Email: katia.delrahim-howlett@nih.gov
Breslin, Florence – Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Brown, Sandra – University of California San Diego
Casey, BJ – Yale University
Garavan, Hugh – University of Vermont
Hatton, Sean – University of California San Diego
Heyser, Charles – University of California San Diego
Jernigan, Terry – University of California San Diego
Rankin, Michele – National Institute on Drug Abuse / National Institutes of Health
Sowell, Elizabeth – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / University of Southern California
Squeglia, Lindsay – Medical University of South Carolina
Tapert, Susan – University of California San Diego
Wargo, Eric – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Weistrop, Rachel – University of California San Diego

Clark, Duncan (Chair) – – University of Pittsburgh; Email: clarkdb@upmc.edu
Bloss, Cinnamon – University of California San Diego
Bookheimer, Susan – – University of California Los Angeles
Brown, Sandra – University of California San Diego
Evans, John – University of California San Diego
Heyser, Charles – University of California San Diego
Hopfer, Christian – University of Colorado Boulder
Hudziak, Jim – University of Vermont
Matochik, John – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Pfefferbaum, Dolf – SRI International

Brown, Sandra (Chair) – University of California San Diego; Email: sandrabrown@ucsd.edu
Dale, Anders – University of California San Diego
Diaz, Angela – University of California San Diego
Dowling, Gaya – National Institute on Drug Abuse / National Institutes of Health
Gattas, Jeffrey – University of California San Diego
Jernigan, Terry – University of California San Diego
Nixon, Sara Jo – University of Florida

Adams-Taylor, Sharon – The School Superintendents Association (AASA)
Head, Carmen – American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Mumford, Geoff – American Psychological Association
Ryan, Sheryl – American Academy of Pediatrics
Thau, Sue – Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America

Oversees the design of appropriate MRI protocols for structural and functional imaging and behavioral measures, quality control procedures, and calibration within – and across – scanners and sites, and manages problems associated with scanner and software upgrades and functional MRI task optimization and code. This workgroup consists of voting members, site affiliates, fellows, consultants and NIH representation to meet these goals.

Casey, BJ (Co-Chair) – Yale University; Email: bjcasey@yale.edu
Dale, Anders (Co-Chair) – University of California San Diego; Email: amdale@ucsd.edu
Fair, Damien (Co-Chair) – Oregon Health & Science University; Email: faird@ohsu.edu
Banich, Marie – University of Colorado Boulder
Bjork, Jim – Virginia Commonwealth University
Bodurka, Jerzy – Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Ernst, Thomas – University of Maryland at Baltimore
Galvan, Adriana – University of California, Los Angeles
Garavan, Hugh – University of Vermont
Harms, Michael – Washington University in St. Louis
Heitzeg, Mary – University of Michigan
Hoffman, Elizabeth – National Institute on Drug Abuse / National Institutes of Health
Kuperman, Josh – University of California San Diego
Laird, Angela – Florida International University
Luna, Beatriz – University of Pittsburgh
Prescot, Andrew – University of Utah
Thomas, Kathleen – University of Minnesota
Zhong, Jianhui – University of Rochester

Barch, Deanna – Washington University in St. Louis
Bartsch, Hauke – University of California, San Diego
Breslin, Florence – Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Chang, Linda – University of Maryland at Baltimore
Constable, Todd – Yale University
Dick, Anthony – Florida International University
Dumas, Julie – University of Vermont
Fox, John J. – University of Rochester
Freedman, Ed – University of Rochester
Hagler, Donald – University of California San Diego
Haist, Frank – University of California, San Diego
Harms, Michael – Washington University in St. Louis
Huber, Rebekah – University of Utah
Jacobus, Joanna – University of California, San Diego
Kan, Eric Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Kennedy, David – Umass Medical School
Mueller, Bryon – University of Minnesota
Paulus, Martin – Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Polimeni, Jonathan – MGH/Harvard
Renshaw, Perry – University of Utah
Rosen, Bruce MGH/Harvard
Shukla, Dinesh – University of Maryland at Baltimore
Sutherland, Matthew – Florida International University
Thompson, Wes – University of California, San Diego
Watts, Richard – University of Vermont
Welsh, Robert C. – University of Utah

Brima, Tufikameni – University of Rochester
Calabro, Finnegan – University of Pittsburgh
Cannonier, Tariq – Yale University
Cervera, Alessandra – Yale University
Chaarani, Bader – University of Vermont
Cohen, Ali Weill – Cornell Medical College/NYU
Conley, May – Yale University
Cornejo, M. Daniela – University of California, San Diego
Earl, Eric – Oregon Health & Science University
Koller, Jonathan – Washington University in St. Louis
Martinez, Steven – Yale University
May, April – University of California, San Diego
Orr, Catherine – University of Vermont
Perrone, Anders – Oregon Health & Science University
Riedel, Michael – Florida International University
Robbins, Maria – Yale University
Rosenberg, Monica – Yale University
Soules, Mary – University of Michigan
Speer, Nicole – University of Colorado Boulder
Sturgeon, Darrick – Oregon Health & Science University
Wang, Kai – University of Colorado Boulder
Wilbur, Aimee – SRI International

Bandettini, Peter – National Institute of Mental Health
Dosenbach, Nico – Washington University in St. Louis
Nichols, Tom – University of Oxford, UK
Petersen, Steven – Washington University in St. Louis
Wager, Tor – University of Colorado Boulder

Friedman-Hill, Stacia – National Institute of Mental Health
Grant, Steve – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Pierpaoli, Carlo – National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Oversees the implementation of analysis workflows for structural and functional imaging measures, including cortical and subcortical segmentation, diffusion MRI tractography, and task-related and resting state fMRI.

Dale, Anders (Chair) – University of California, San Diego; Email: amdale@ucsd.edu
Casey, BJ – Yale University
Fair, Damien – Oregon Health & Science University
Fischl, Bruce – Massachusetts General Hospital
Hagler, Don – University of California San Diego
Hoffman, Elizabeth – National Institute on Drug Abuse / National Institutes of Health
Lim, Kelvin – University of Minnesota
Matochik, John – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Pariyadath, Vani – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Petersen, Steve – Washington University in St. Louis
Pierpaoli, Carlo – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Intramural Research Program
Prescot, Andrew – The University of Utah
Simmons, Kyla – Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Thompson, Paul – University of Southern California
Yang, Yaling – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / University of Southern California

Oversees the implementation of appropriate software solutions and hardware infrastructure for storage and databasing of raw and derived data across all domains, including imaging, all assessment data, genetic and other biological data, and mobile technologies.

Kennedy, David (Chair) – University of Massachusetts Amherst; Email: david.kennedy@umassmed.edu
Bartsch, Hauke – University of California San Diego
Dale, Anders – University of California San Diego
Farber, Greg – National Institute of Mental Health
Hall, Dan – National Institute of Mental Health Data Archive
Jernigan, Terry – University of California San Diego
Laird, Angela – Florida International University
Marcus, Dan – Washington University in St. Louis
Mueller, Michael – University of Maryland at Baltimore
Noronha, Antonio – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Tapert, Susan – University of California San Diego