University of Wisconsin Longitudinal Imaging and Neurogenetics Study in Kids (UW LINK)
Primary focus: Identify biological and behavioral candidates for early screening and diagnosis of ASD and ADHD, where early interventions for these disorders can significantly reduce the long-term negative impact on individuals and their families
UW Longitudinal Gene-Environment Study
Primary focus: Molecular genetic and psychosocial investigation of positive valence and cognitive systems in child development, and how they map on to the child externalizing disorders
UW Longitudinal Gene-Environment Study: Neurogenetics of ADHD
Primary focus: Study reward processing using neuroimaging and how it maps on to biologically-refined assays of polygenic risk for ADHD
Understanding Longitudinal Trajectories of Depression and Externalizing Psychopathology
Primary focus: Genome-wide strategies to characterize adolescent physical and mental health over time using longitudinal methods (i.e., growth mixture modeling); school and family factors; adult outcomes
Genes, the Brain, and the “P-Factor” of Psychopathology
Primary focus: Enhancing polygenic risk predictions of psychopathology by characterizing its hierarchical structure
The Development of Late Life Psychopathology
Primary focus: Investigate the interplay between genes and environments in late life health and behavioral outcomes
The Neurogenetics of Co-Occurring Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD
Primary focus: Identify the neurobiological mechanisms of genetic risk for ASD alone, ADHD alone, and their comorbid presentation (i.e., ASD+ADHD)