Research Studies

Please contact us to speak with a research coordinator with questions you may have.

To sign up for our mailing list for resource information and study updates, please contact Child Research at ChildResearch@umassmed.edu.

As a prospective participant, you may also be interested in the following resources:

• Nationwide Children's Hospital's description of a brain scan (MRI) experience
• Publications from the National Institute of Mental Health
• Neuroimaging and Mental Illness: A Window Into the Brain
• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Children and Clinical Studies web site

Active Studies

• Neonatal Biomarkers StudyNeonatal Biomarkers in Extremely Preterm Babies Predict Childhood Brain Disorders: The Elgan-3 Study (Extremely low gestational age newborns)
• aViation study: A phase II multi-center, randomized, double-blind, 24-week, 3-arm, parallel group, placebo-controlled study to investigate the efficacy and safety of RO5285119 in children and adolescents age 5-17 with autism spectrum disorder (PDF)
• Social Cognition: Research study for Adolescents with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (PDF)
• Long-term Antipsychotic Pediatric Safety trial (PDF)

Please also see the list of research studies at the Shriver Center.

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