FITNG

The Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group (FIT’NG) was founded in the Fall of 2018 by Drs. Marisa Spann (CUIMC), Dustin Scheinost (Yale), Alice Graham (OHSU), and Lilla Zöllei (MGH/HMS). It is composed of interdisciplinary scientists and clinicians who have an interest in elucidating neurodevelopmental processes, the role of the preconceptional, prenatal and postnatal influences on the developing brain, and linkages between early neural phenotypes and subsequent behaviors and health outcomes. The network provides a forum for that supports this goal through bringing together scientists and clinicians across multiple disciplines (e.g. neuroscience, computer science, biomedical engineering, psychology, psychiatry, and public health), career stages, and geographic regions to encourage collaboration and innovation. We have three core focus areas: methodological development, education/training advancement, and data sharing and integration. A primary objective spanning these areas is to encourage the establishment and dissemination of guidelines to support best practices for methods used to study the developing brain, including EEG, fNIRS, MRI, MEG, OCT, histology, DOT, ultrasound, and others. These methods are rapidly evolving and present unique challenges when applied to the study of fetal, infant and toddler brains.