Dr. Doucet Receives New R03 Award

Understanding developmental changes in the brain’s functional architecture during childhood and adolescence is a major public health challenge, as adolescence encompasses a critical developmental period during which many mental health disorders emerge. In January of 2023, Dr. Gaelle Doucet was awarded R03 funding by the National Institute of Mental Health to construct and validate the first ever functional reference brain atlas for typically developing youth aged 8 to 17 years (Dev-Atlas) and to demonstrate its value in predicting neuropsychiatric traits in this age window. Dr. Doucet will explore whether females, who enter puberty one to two years earlier than males, show brain network differences based on sex. If found, Dr. Doucet will create the first sex-specific functional brain atlas for youth.

To learn more about Dr. Doucet’s grant, visit NIH Reporter.