A description of the ABCD organizational structure and communication framework

Allison M Auchter; Margie Hernandez Mejia; Charles J Heyser; Paul D Shilling; Terry L Jernigan; Sandra A Brown; Susan F Tapert; Gayathri J Dowling

doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2018.04.003

A description of the ABCD organizational structure and communication framework

Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2018 Aug:32:8-15. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2018.04.003. Epub 2018 Apr 16.

Authors

Allison M Auchter¹, Margie Hernandez Mejia¹, Charles J Heyser¹, Paul D Shilling¹, Terry L Jernigan¹, Sandra A Brown¹, Susan F Tapert², Gayathri J Dowling³

Affiliations

¹ University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
² University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.

Abstract

The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study is designed to be the largest study of brain development and child health in the United States, performing comprehensive assessments of 11,500 children repeatedly for 10 years. An endeavor of this magnitude requires an organized framework of governance and communication that promotes collaborative decision-making and dissemination of information. The ABCD consortium structure, built upon the Matrix Management approach of organizational theory, facilitates the integration of input from all institutions, numerous internal workgroups and committees, federal partners, and external advisory groups to make use of a broad range of expertise to ensure the study's success.

Keywords: Adolescence; Development; Governance; Longitudinal; Neuroimaging; Organizational framework.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adolescent Development / physiology*
Brain / growth & development*
Cognition / physiology*
Communication
Humans
Neuroimaging / methods*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding