As the Data Analysis, Informatics & Resource Center (DAIRC) for the ABCD Study, our key responsibilities include 1) establishment of a harmonized MRI acquisition protocol, compatible with all major scanner platforms; 2) centralized image processing and information extraction; 3) rigorous quality control and quantitative calibration procedures; 4) central capture, secure transfer, and storage of of data from various sources; 5) development of internal study tools to enable efficient and standardized data capture and tracking workflows and support site staff and workgroup members; 6) statistical analysis tools and procedures for the integration of longitudinal information across measures and modalities; 7) curation and release data via the NBDC Data Hub; 8) collaboration on and creation of documentation &  tools to assist data users. 

The ABCD DAIRC 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.

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RESOURCES

• Data Exploration & Analysis Portal:  Platform  |  Documentation
• Data release & related tools: NBDC Datahub |  NBDC Github  |  Study Documentation
• Fast and efficient mixed-effects algorithm (FEMA): Methods article | GitHub
• Imaging: Imaging data documentation | Imaging analysis overview |
  MRI acquisition protocol
• Other: DAIRC GitHub

Anders Dale, Ph.D.

Director

Bio

Janosch Linkersdörfer, Ph.D.

Director

Don Hagler, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Imaging

Rongguang Yang, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Bioinformatics

Wesley Thompson, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Biostatistics

Laika Aguinaldo, Ph.D.

Co-Investigator

Joshua Kuperman, Ph.D.

Co-Investigator, Imaging Protocol Developer

Pravesh Parekh, Ph.D.

Co-Investigator, Bioinformatics Engineer

David Wing, Ph.D.

Co-Investigator

Tyler Berkness, M.S.

Imaging Data Analyst

Sammy Berman, M.Sc.

Scientific Project Manager

Erika Bolden

Bioinformatics Data Analyst

Olivier Celhay, M.Sc.

Bioinformatics Engineer

Chun Chieh Fan, Ph.D.

Bioinformatics Programmer

Biplabendu [Billu] Das, Ph.D.

Bioinformatics Engineer

Robert Loughnan, Ph.D.

Bioinformatics Engineer

Adam Kehl

Bioinformatics Programmer

April May, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Diliana Pecheva, Ph.D.

Bioinformatics Engineer

Ali Rigby

Graduate Student Trainee

Calen Smith

Scientific Project Manager

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

Lead Neuroradiologist

Le Zhang

Bioinformatics Engineer

Laura Ziemer, M.S.

Scientific Project Manager

Shermaine Abad

Bioinformatics Engineer

Jasmin Duehring

Graduate Trainee

Sejal Shanbhag

Staff Research Associate II