The ABCD Study®

🗣️ New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in BMC Pediatrics! 🫀 Among 6,959 adolescents in the @theabcdstudy.bsky.social, binge-eating symptoms at ages 11–12 were associated with poorer cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors two years later. 🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/BingeCVD

Explore development from the prenatal period through young adulthood with the NBDC Biospecimen Access Program. Researchers can request biospecimens from both the #ABCDStudy and #HBCDStudy. Learn more: nbdc-biobank.nida.nih.gov/request-bios...

Exciting news!🚨 Join us in 🌴☀️sunny Fort Lauderdale for the 2027 ABCD-ReproNim Hackathon! 📅 April 5-9, 2027 📍 The Dalmar Hotel. 👤 Students, postdocs, staff, & faculty are welcome 💰 All travel costs covered by ABCD-ReproNim! ⏰ Apply by Oct 1: abcd-repronim.github.io/ABCDReproNim-Hackathon-2027

🗣️ New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in @jamanetworkopen.com! Among 11,286 adolescents in @theabcdstudy.bsky.social Study: ✔️ Within-person elevations in problematic social media use were associated with higher ADHD symptoms the following year during mid-adolescence 🔗 tinyurl.com/psmuadhd

The recording of the ABCD Dictionary Semantic Explorer app demo session is available here for those who were unable to attend: youtu.be/9NmK5mdekfM?... This app was developed during the @abcd-repronim.bsky.social Hackathon back in January of this year.

You are invited to the 1st demo session for the ABCD Dictionary Semantic Explorer app, developed during the @abcd-repronim.bsky.social Hackathon in January 2026. When? Wednesday, July 8, 2026 Noon PT (1 pm MT, 2 pm CT, 3 pm ET) Where? Zoom (registration required) Register: lnkd.in/gQPcCEdw

🗣️ New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in Academic Pediatrics! Cyberbullying trajectories → poorer academic outcomes in adolescents in @theabcdstudy.bsky.social 🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/yc3pmw4x @ucsfhealth.bsky.social

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 to accommodate attendees in different time zones. Spanish interpretation available both sessions. abcdstudy.org/webinar-june...

Our collaborator, Dr Nick Allen, the Ann Swindells Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at @uoregon.bsky.social, was recently featured in episode 19 of @cda-adolescence.bsky.social’s #Adaptivitypod. Take a listen! 🎧

🧠 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...

The #ABCDStudy 7.0 Data Release and Data Exploration & Analysis Portal (DEAP) are here, delivering the largest single dataset of #BrainDevelopment & child health in the US! Secure, controlled-access available via the #NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Data Hub: www.nbdc-datahub.org #Neuroscience

New NBDC data access option coming late Spring 2026! The NBDC Data Hub will introduce a non-NIST data access workflow this spring for investigators whose institutions do not plan to implement NIST-compliant computing environments. For more information visit abcdstudy.org/scientists/d...

The first article in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience special issue, “10 Years of The ABCD Study®” is now available!

New @theabcdstudy.bsky.social findings from RECOVER about social determinants of health and pediatric long COVID: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Check out this podcast episode from @vox.com Unexplainable featuring our very own Dr. Raul Gonzalez from the #ABCDStudy site at @fiu.bsky.social

This Monday 9/22 & Tuesday 9/23: ABCD Insights & Innovations Meeting at the #NationalInstitutesofHealth in Bethesda, MD (in-person only). This year’s AIIM will include workshops + Q&A sessions for ABCD data users at all levels to connect & give input on the #ABCDstudy’s future. abcdstudy.org/meeting

Join us TODAY, Monday, September 8th at either 5pm or 8pm ET for a FREE 🧠 webinar! Sign up: abcdstudy.org/webinar-sept... #ABCDStudy #braindevelopment #freewebinar

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-sept...

Join us for the ABCD Insights & Innovations Meeting (AIIM) September 22-23 at the #NationalInstitutesofHealth in Bethesda, MD (in-person only). AIIM will include workshops and Q&A sessions for ABCD data users at all levels to connect & give input on the #ABCDstudy’s future. www.abcdstudy.org/meeting

📆 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-sept...

Tomorrow at 9:00am ET, join us for day 2 of our expert panel meeting, ABCD: Continuing the Arc of Development. #ABCDstudy #NIH #NationalInstitutesofHealth #NIDA #NationalInstituteonDrugAbuse nida.nih.gov/research-top...

Help shape the future of the #ABCDStudy! Join us for a 2-day general meeting on July 21 & 22. Details at the link below 🧠 nida.nih.gov/research-top...

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 that could prevent or delay it. abcdstudy.org/webinar-sept...

Congratulations to Dr. @lucinauddin.bsky.social, Associate Director of the #ABCDStudy Coordinating Center, on her keynote lecture at this year's @ohbmofficial.bsky.social Conference! 🧠 #OHBM2025

Thank you to everyone who joined our @ohbmofficial.bsky.social roundtable discussion about the future of the #ABCDStudy #OHBM2025

Exciting news! The #NIH Brain Development Cohorts Data Hub #NBDCDataHub is now available! • Researchers can explore #ABCDStudy & #HBCDStudy data in one place – with robust tools, documentation & workflows • Learn more & apply for data access: www.nbdc-datahub.org

Learn how to query #ABCDStudy data ontologies & create datasets using the new Data Exploration and Analysis Portal (DEAP) in this interactive demo:

In honor of #WorldNoTobaccoDay, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), has released a new social media reel & toolkits to support pediatric clinicians & health professionals in addressing the increasing trend of concurrent tobacco & cannabis use among adolescents. www.aap.org/en/patient-c...

Join us at 9:00am ET on July 21-22 for our ABCD: Continuing the Arc of Development expert panel meeting. This 2-day public meeting will convene scientific experts from multiple disciplines to provide input and recommendations regarding the future of the ABCD Study.