# 4/6 Planning for the HEALthy Early Development Study

> **NIH NIH R34** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · 2020 · $228,033

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
The Planning for the HEALthy Early Development Study will contribute to the design and
recommended protocol for a future large-scale, multi-site research study to prospectively examine
human brain, cognitive, behavioral, social and emotional development of children beginning
prenatally through ages 9-10, and to determine the impact of maternal pre- and postnatal
substance use on short- and long-term development of children. The Planning Study will link
investigators across 6 research sites who have complementary experience and expertise in the
areas that are essential to designing the study. Planning activities will be accomplished using a
coordinated set of 10 Working Groups who will work collaboratively to design a sampling and
recruitment strategy for a future large-scale study, to identify and recommend strategies for
addressing the challenges to ethical recruitment and retention of vulnerable populations, and to
develop and test a common protocol for neuroimaging, infant and child assessments, exposure
assessment, biospecimen collection, and integration of novel technologies. By the end of the
Planning Phase, the 6 Consortium sites will have produced and tested a recommended protocol
for the future multi-site study, and will have established feasibility of carrying out the study protocol
at each of the 6 linked sites.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10166516
- **Project number:** 3R34DA050341-01S2
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
- **Principal Investigator:** CHRISTINA CHAMBERS
- **Activity code:** R34 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $228,033
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2019-09-30 → 2021-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10166516

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10166516, 4/6 Planning for the HEALthy Early Development Study (3R34DA050341-01S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10166516. Licensed CC0.

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