Fetal, Infant, Toddler Neuroimaging Group (FIT'NG): Uniting Clinical, Computational, Engineering, and Neuroscience to advance discoveries for the young child.

胎儿、婴儿、幼儿神经影像组 (FITNG)：联合临床、计算、工程和神经科学，推动幼儿的发现。

• 批准号: 10469153
• 负责人: Alice M Graham
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10469153
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Neurodevelopmental disorders, including psychiatric symptoms and learning disabilities, and substance use, remain public health concerns as they can lead to suboptimal educational and occupational outcomes in adolescence and adulthood. Human brain development is a complex process that begins in the weeks following conception and undergoes rapid development through the first two years of postnatal life. Advancing understanding of early neurodevelopmental processes, and the conditions which foster healthy versus maladaptive development, represents a critical means of addressing these challenges. The rapidly growing field of fetal, infant, and toddler neuroimaging demonstrates potential to contribute to this area, with an increase from 160 to 530 publications per year during the 1990's to 2021. Yet, a myriad of challenges hinder progress of the field including methodological issues related to data acquisition and processing; rapid changes in available technology and tools with limited resources for dissemination to users; and underrepresentation of minoritized individuals among research participants and researchers. We considered the growing pains of the community and responded to the need for a bridge organization that brings together those with expertise in developmental neuroscience, clinical-science, and computational and biomedical engineering to facilitate advances in data quality and image processing tools for the young brain. The Fetal, Infant, and Toddler Neuroimaging Group (FIT'NG), non-profit academic society established in 2018, aims to bring together interdisciplinary researchers with a focus on neurodevelopment during the first years of life. An annual meeting focused solely on this field is essential to keep up with technological advances, establish and share best practices to address methodological challenges, and increase diversity at every level. We propose a multi-year conference application to support the following specific aims: to (1) stimulate new research and collaboration between FIT'NG scientists across disciplines; (2) increase the opportunity for scientists from racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse backgrounds, with particular attention to underrepresented minority scientists, to highlight their work, and engage effectively in this field of research; and (3) promote and support the development of the next generation of FIT'NG researchers by providing financial and career support for young investigators to attend the meeting. The timing of the meetings aligns with the Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) initiative of eight NIH institutes, a groundbreaking study involving neuroimaging with thousands of newborns across the United States that will be prospectively followed from birth through childhood. The FIT'NG meeting will provide a forum for U.S. investigators both within and outside of the HBCD network to exchange information and collaborate, and engage with the international community of scientists conducting fetal, infant and toddler neuroimaging research.

神经发育障碍，包括精神病症状和学习障碍以及使用物质， 保持公共卫生问题，因为它们可能导致次优教育和职业成果 青春期和成年。人脑发育是一个复杂的过程，从随后的几周开始 在产后生活的前两年，构思和经历了快速发展。前进 了解早期神经发育过程，以及促进健康与健康的状况 适应不良的发展是应对这些挑战的关键手段。快速增长的领域 胎儿，婴儿和幼儿神经成像表明有可能为该区域做出贡献，并增加 1990年代至2021年，每年160至530个出版物。然而，无数的挑战阻碍了进步 领域，包括与数据获取和处理有关的方法论问题；可用的快速变化 技术和工具资源有限，可以向用户传播；和少数化的人数不足 研究参与者和研究人员中的个人。我们考虑了社区日益严重的痛苦 并回应了一个桥梁组织的需求，该组织汇集了那些在发展方面具有专业知识的人 神经科学，临床科学以及计算和生物医学工程，以促进数据的进步 年轻大脑的质量和图像处理工具。胎儿，婴儿和幼儿神经成像组 （Fit'ng），2018年成立的非营利学术社会，旨在将跨学科研究人员汇集在一起 重点是在生命的头几年。仅关注这一领域的年度会议是 跟上技术进步，建立和共享最佳实践以解决方法论至关重要 挑战，并在各个层面增加多样性。我们提出了一个多年的会议申请，以支持 以下具体目的：（1）刺激跨越科学家之间的新研究和合作 学科； （2）增加科学家在种族，种族和社会经济上的机会 背景特别关注代表性不足的少数族裔科学家，以强调他们的工作并参与 在这一研究领域有效； （3）促进和支持下一代Fit'ng的发展 研究人员通过为年轻调查人员提供财务和职业支持，参加会议。时机 会议与八个NIH机构的健康大脑和儿童发展（HBCD）一致，这是一个 开创性的研究涉及整个美国成千上万的新生儿的神经影像学 从出生到童年，前瞻性地跟随。 Fit'ng会议将为美国提供论坛 HBCD网络内外的调查人员以交换信息和协作，并参与 与国际科学家共同体进行胎儿，婴儿和幼儿神经成像研究。