Science Today
for Better Care Tomorrow
The Science and Engineering team at the Child Mind Institute is dedicated to transforming the lives of children with mental health and learning disorders through the power of scientific discovery. To address the growing crisis in children’s mental health, our researchers work to guide interventions by building a rigorous understanding of the developing brain — an understanding based on reproducible scientific results rather than appealing theories or anecdotal evidence.
Six Focus Areas
Our team’s effort to revolutionize brain science is focused on six main areas:
- Fundamental Neuroscience
- Advancing Methods
- Global Open Science
- Applied Digital Technologies
- Training Future Leaders
- Public Health and Epidemiology
It’s an ambitious program in support of an audacious goal, and our children deserve nothing less.
One of the greatest barriers to reliably improving mental health interventions is the fact that diagnosis and treatment are subjective. We’re leading a global effort to identify objective, measurable brain- and behavior-based biomarkers to guide clinical practice.
There is a crisis of reproducibility in psychology. That’s why we’re focused on improving the methods in brain research. We’re developing analytical and neuroimaging tools that allow scientists to pool data, gain deeper insights into brain signals, and strengthen the science behind mental health treatments.
We freely share our data, methods, and tools to speed scientific advancement. By partnering with institutions worldwide, we’re leading the way toward a global culture of open science. While we’ve published hundreds of papers in top scientific journals, our data has been used in thousands.
To address glaring disparities in access to clinical care for children, we are developing digital therapeutics and response monitoring tools to offer tailored solutions across a spectrum of emotional, behavioral, and learning disorders. In doing so, we are shaping the future of mental health care and research in the digital age.
Investing in the scientific leaders of tomorrow will accelerate discovery and transform children’s lives. From scholarship awards for promising student scientists to research fellowships at our New York offices, we nurture the spark of innovative thinking that moves science forward.
The prevalence of mental health-related crises continues to rise and there’s a clear deficit in reliable data for researchers to use to assess impacts and improve outcomes. Through epidemiologic studies, we are working to identify trends and effective interventions that will inform evidence-based strategies and mental health policies.
Impact Stories
How a Landmark Study is Giving Families Answers
The Child Mind Institute’s Healthy Brain Network gave a mother the answers she needed to help her daughter.
