Research

The Child Study Center serves, in part, as a center for basic neurodevelopment research on the earliest neurodevelopment and behavioral problems troubling children. The Center is actively growing in many areas from basic research in the genetic and neurobiological basis of childhood psychiatric disorders to training clinicians around the world in state of the art mental health service delivery.

Basic Research

Neurogenetics

Investigators focus on the genetic basis for neuropsychiatric disorders from gene discovery to using gene knock-outs in model species to test promising drug treatments.

Developmental Neurobiology

The developmental neurobiology pod includes investigations of normative neural de-velopment, neural cell differentiation, neurochemistry, and neurogenetics both in typical and a-typical...

Clinical & Translational Research

Clinical Innovations

The clinical innovation pod focuses on clinical trials of child mental health interventions, evaluating the accumulating evidence around specific interventions, and disseminating current...

Computation Models and Data Analysis

The computational models and data analysis pod applies principals of statistical or deep learning to complex datasets from neuroimaging, genetics, and electrophysiology.

Neuroimaging

Investigators are bringing innovative and advanced image analysis techniques to study fetal brain development, changes in neural function with parenting, resting state brain activity in...

Autism and Neurodevelopment

Investigators focus on how the social brain develops and how infants and children learn about the social world, especially in developmental disorders such as autism.

Community and Implementation

Innovations in Health Care Delivery

The innovations in health care delivery pod focuses on addressing new ways to improve the access and reach of mental health treatments for children and families. From innovation in location...

Educational Research

The educational research pod covers the science and practical application of social and emotional learning in schools, the impact of preschool education and of the professional development...

Community-Based Research

The community-based research pod focuses on clinical research of community-based interventions including in-home services and on how to implement evidence-based practices more broadly in...