A description of the ABCD organizational structure and communication framework

The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study is designed to be the largest study of brain development and child health in the United States, performing comprehensive assessments of 11,500 children repeatedly for 10 years. An endeavor of this magnitude requires an organized framework of governance and communication that promotes collaborative decision-making and dissemination of information. The ABCD consortium structure, built upon the Matrix Management approach of organizational theory, facilitates the integration of input from all institutions, numerous internal workgroups and committees, federal partners, and external advisory groups to make use of a broad range of expertise to ensure the study’s success.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

• Publication date

  2018-04-16

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Education, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.dcn.2018.04.003PMID 29706313PMCID 6462277
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