Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

CDC Funds Two Research Institutions to Conduct Population-Based Research on ADHD in Children

Because of increasing concern and awareness among health professionals and the public alike, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) has awarded two cooperative agreements, to the University of South Carolina (principal investigator, Robert E. McKeown, PhD) and the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (principal investigator, Mark L. Wolraich, MD), to conduct population-based research on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) among school-aged children. The result of this collaboration will be one of the largest community-based, epidemiologic studies of ADHD in the United States. READ MORE
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/institutes.htm

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