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A description of the ABCD organizational structure and communication framework
Allison M Auchter1, Margie Hernandez Mejia1, Charles J Heyser1
1University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Abstract:
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.
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