# "1/6" Planning for HEALthy Early Development Study

> **NIH NIH R34** · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $161,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
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:** 10171050
- **Project number:** 3R34DA050342-01S2
- **Recipient organization:** CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Lynn T Singer
- **Activity code:** R34 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $161,000
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2019-09-30 → 2021-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10171050

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10171050, "1/6" Planning for HEALthy Early Development Study (3R34DA050342-01S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10171050. Licensed CC0.

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