Luciana and Iacono Secure Millions in NIH Funding for the Study of Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD)

Professors Monica Luciana and William Iacono have secured a multi-million dollar grant extension from 2020 to 2027 for the landmark ABCD Study® - Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development℠. The University of Minnesota is one of 21 national sites involved in the study funded by the National Institutes of Health.  ABCD is the largest long-term study of brain development and child health ever conducted in the United States (see https://abcdstudy.org/).  The Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research (MCTFR) houses the study at the U of M.