OHSU joins largest long-term study of early brain, child development

Research team emphasizes diversity, representation as key recruitment priorities

By Nicole Rideout July 27, 2023 Portland, Oregon

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Elinor Sullivan, Ph.D., left, helps make MRI equipment less boring for Benjamin Newman, right. Benjamin's mom, Alice Graham, MS, Ph.D., and Sullivan demonstrate how they use a neuroimaging to discover child development problems early. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Alice Graham MRI - Research Week 18

Alice Graham, MS, Ph.D., and her son, Benjamin. As a part of the NIH HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) study, an OHSU research team will recruit 300 pregnant people and follow their infants over the first decade of life to better understand the factors that impact brain development. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Healthy brain research

Alice Graham, MS, Ph.D., left, and Elinor Sullivan, Ph.D., right, discuss how they use a neuroimaging to discover child development problems early. Benjamin Newman, Graham's son, looks on. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Neuroimaging for early child development discoveries

Senior research assistant Samuel Carpenter places MRI equipment onto Benjamin Newman as mom, Alice Graham, MS, Ph.D., and Elinor Sullivan, Ph.D., right, look on. Sullivan and Graham demonstrate how they use a neuroimaging to discover child development problems early. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Elinor Sullivan, Ph.D.

Elinor Sullivan, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry in the OHSU School of Medicine. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Alice Graham, Ph.D.

Alice Graham, Ph.D., an assistant professor of psychiatry in the OHSU School of Medicine. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)