The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development℠ Study is the largest long-term study of brain development & child health in the United States.

Joined January 2025
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Join us today 6/10 for a FREE webinar exploring the connections among biology, habits & the environments where youth live, learn & play. Webinar will be held twice for attendees in different time zones. Spanish interpretation available both sessions. abcdstudy.org/webinar-june-1…
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🧠 What role does the brain play in childhood #obesity? Join us for a free webinar on June 10, 2026 exploring the connections among biology, habits, and the environments where youth live, learn, and play. abcdstudy.org/webinar-june-1…
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The #ABCDStudy 7.0 Data Release and Data Exploration & Analysis Portal (DEAP) are here! Secure, controlled-access available via the @NIH #BrainDevelopment Cohorts (NBDC) Data Hub: nbdc-datahub.org/ #Neuroscience #NIH #NeuroscienceResearch
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New NBDC data access option coming late Spring 2026! The NBDC Data Hub will introduce a non-NIST data access workflow for investigators whose institutions do not plan to implement NIST-compliant computing environments. For more information, visit abcdstudy.org/scientists/dat…
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The ABCD Study® retweeted
On March 18 join us for a special livestream hosted by Dept of Psychiatry! Discover the latest insights from the ABCD Study & learn how groundbreaking research is shaping the future of brain development and child health. Hear from leading experts register: michmed.org/yg9mP
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The first article in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience special issue, “10 Years of The ABCD Study®” is now available! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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Check out this podcast episode from Unexplainable featuring our very own Dr. Raul González from the #ABCDStudy site at @FIU
10 Dec 2025
What in the world goes on inside the brain of a teenager? 🧠 That’s the question that scientists working on a country-wide study following thousands of young people have spent the last decade trying to answer. vox.com/podcasts/471398/teen…
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This Monday 9/22 & Tuesday 9/23: ABCD Insights & Innovations Meeting @NIH in Bethesda, MD (in-person only). This year’s AIIM will include workshops and Q&A sessions for ABCD data users at all levels to connect & give input on the #ABCDstudy’s future. abcdstudy.org/meeting
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Join us TODAY, Monday, September 8th at either 5pm or 8pm ET for a FREE 🧠 webinar! Sign up: abcdstudy.org/webinar-septem… #ABCDStudy #braindevelopment #freewebinar
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3 weeks away! 📆 Inside Adolescence: Substance Use Patterns, Predictions, Risk, and Resilience in the #ABCDStudy®. This webinar will be held twice on Monday, September 8th, to accommodate different time zones. Sign up: abcdstudy.org/webinar-septem…
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Join us for the ABCD Insights & Innovations Meeting (AIIM) September 22-23 @NIH in Bethesda, MD (in-person only). This year’s AIIM will include workshops and Q&A sessions for ABCD data users at all levels to connect & give input on the #ABCDstudy’s future. abcdstudy.org/meeting
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📆 Mark your calendars for our next webinar: Inside Adolescence: Substance Use Patterns, Predictions, Risk, and Resilience in the #ABCDStudy®. The webinar will be held twice on Monday, September 8th, to accommodate different time zones. Sign up: abcdstudy.org/webinar-septem…
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The ABCD Study® retweeted
23 May 2024
NIDA is funding research to better understand young people’s mental health in relation to the digital world. NIDA’s #ABCDstudy is the largest long-term study of 🧠 development & adolescent health in the U.S. It is finding out, among other things, how much time tweens & teens spend on social media use & other types of screen time (e.g., TV, video games, texting). nida.nih.gov/drug-topics/ado… #PresenceOfMind (4/4)

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Tomorrow at 9:00am ET, join us for day 2 of our expert panel meeting, ABCD: Continuing the Arc of Development. @NIH @NIDAnews #ABCDstudy nida.nih.gov/research-topics…
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Help shape the future of the #ABCDStudy! Join us for a 2-day general meeting on July 21 & 22. @NIH @NIDAnews Details at the link below🧠: nida.nih.gov/research-topics…
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Join us for a FREE #webinar September 8: “Inside Adolescence: Substance Use Patterns, Predictions, Risk & Resilience in the #ABCDstudy.” Experts will share research findings on early substance use & explore potential protective factors. Sign up: abcdstudy.org/webinar-septem…
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Congratulations to Dr. @LucinaUddin, Associate Director of the #ABCDStudy Coordinating Center, on her keynote lecture at this year's @OHBM Conference 🧠 #OHBM2025
27 Jun 2025
⏳ Join us in 15 minutes in the Great Hall! 🎤 Lucina Uddin, PhD – Keynote Speaker 🧠 Towards a Universal Taxonomy of Functional Brain Networks 📅 Fri, June 27 ⏰ 17:15–18:00 #OHBM2025
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Thank you to everyone who joined our @OHBM roundtable discussion about the future of the #ABCDStudy #OHBM2025
Want to help shape the future of the ABCD Study? Come to the round table tomorrow! 🧠 @OHBM #OHBM2025
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Available Now: The @NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Hub · Access and explore #ABCDStudy and #HBCDStudy data with robust tools, documentation & workflows · Learn more & apply for data access: nbdc-datahub.org #NBDCDataHub youtube.com/watch?v=P7ZMdcyG…

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Learn how to query #ABCDStudy data ontologies & create datasets using the new Data Exploration and Analysis Portal (DEAP) in this interactive demo: youtu.be/ccqzFr_T2rA?si=07JG…
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