Page Last Updated: October 10, 2025
Upcoming Updates🔗
Release 1.1 (Expected Release Date: 2025-10-10)🔗
1.1 Resolution of Known Issues Labeled Expected Fix: R1.1🔗
1.1 Improvements to Existing Data🔗
| Domain | Measure | Table Name | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| MRI | BrainSwipes QC | img_brainswipes* |
Addition of QC scores for participants with missing QC results (N=8). |
| PEX | Pregnancy & Infant Health | pex_bm_health* |
Medications will be categorized using RxNorm IDs, with added columns for Brand Name, Ingredient, Precise Ingredient, and Multiple Active Ingredients, to support more clear and granular analyses. |
| SED | V01 Demographics | sed_bm_demo |
Inclusion of Birth Parent Sexual Orientation - "Which of the following best represents how you think of yourself?" • Gay/Lesbian • Straight; that is, not gay or lesbian, etc. • None of these describe me, and I'd like to see additional options Note: Further information on this response option (via branching logic) will not be included in release. • Don't know • Decline to answer • Bisexual |
Release 2.0 (Expected Release Date: December 2025)🔗
2.0 Resolution of Known Issues Labeled Expected Fix: R2.0🔗
2.0 Participant Data Updates🔗
| # | Update | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inclusion of Multiple Birth Participants | MBPs includes twins or other cases where multiple participants from the same birth are enrolled in the study |
| 2 | Inclusion of Postnatal Recruits | PNRs, participants who joined the study in the postnatal period, complete a modified V01 and V02 after the child is born |
2.0 New Tabulated Data🔗
| Domain | Name of Instrument | Construct |
|---|---|---|
| Behavior, Biology, & Environment | ||
| Behavior & CG-Child Interaction | Early Regulation in Context Assessment (ERICA) | Co-regulation, Child Regulation/Dysregulation, Parenting |
| Biospec & Omics | Maternal Blood | Metals, nutrition, toxins, proteins |
| Neurocog & Language | NIH Baby Toolbox | Cognitive/Executive Function/Memory & Language |
| Social & Env Determinants | Geocoding & Linking External Data (GLED) | Toxin Exposure and Other Neighborhood Measures |
| Brain Activity - MRI & EEG | ||
| MRI | Pre-Scan Survey | Sleeping Scan Prep |
| Recruitment & Retention | ||
| Recruitment/Retention | Study Navigators Contact Form | Recruitment/Retention |
| Transitions in Care (TIC) Screener | Recruitment/Retention | |
2.0 Brain Imaging File-Based Data Updates🔗
| # | Update | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DICOMs | Addition of source DICOMs to file-based data for raw BIDS for all imaging modalities |
| 2 | V03+ structural and functional MRI derivatives | Processed Infant fMRIPrep and XCP-D derivatives for visits V03+ |
| 3 | MRI Scanner Information | MRI Scanner Information for all scanners used at each site will be added to the sub-<ID>_ses-<V0X>_scans.tsv file (see details), including ScannerManufacturer, ScannerModel, ScannerSoftwareVersion, and ScannerSerialNumber (used to differentiate different scanners at the same site). Note that this information is currently available in the sidecar JSON files that accompany the raw image data, e.g.:
hbcd/
|__ rawdata/
|__ sub-<ID>/
|__ ses-<V0X>/
|__ anat/
|__ sub-<ID>_ses-<V0X>_run-<X>_T1w.json
|
2.0 Improvements to Existing Data🔗
| Domain | Measure | Table Name | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Health | Growth | ph_ch_anthro |
Inclusion of age-based height/weight/head z-scores calculated based on (non-jittered) date of birth |