Ping Consortium

Data used in preparation of this article were obtained from the Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition and Genetics Study (PING) database ( As such, the investigators within PING contributed to the design and implementation of PING and/or provided data, but did not participate in analysis or writing of this report. A complete listing of PING investigators can be found at

Terry L. Jernigan, Ph.D., (UC San Diego, Coordinating Core, Co-PI of PING, Core PI); Connor McCabe, B.S., (UC San Diego, Coordinating Core);Linda Chang, M.D., (U Hawaii, Assessment Core, Co-PI of PING, Core PI); Natacha Akshoomoff, Ph.D., (UC San Diego, Assessment Core); Erik Newman, Ph.D., (UC San Diego, Assessment Core), Anders M. Dale, Ph.D., (UC San Diego, MRI Post-processing Core, Co-PI of PING, Core PI); Thomas Ernst, Ph.D., (U Hawaii, MRI Acquisition Core, Co-PI of PING, Core Co-PI); Anders M. Dale, Ph.D., (UC San Diego, MRI Acquisition Core, Core Co-PI); Peter Van Zijl, Ph.D., (Kennedy Krieger Institut, MRI Acquisition Core); Joshua Kuperman, Ph.D., (UC San Diego, MRI Acquisition Core); Sarah Murray, Ph.D., (Scripps Translational Science Institute, Genetics Core, Co-PI of PING, Core PI); Cinnamon Bloss, Ph.D., (Scripps Translational Science Institute, Genetics Core_; Nicholas J. Schork, Ph.D., (Scripps Translational Science Institute, Informatics and Biostatistics Core); Mark Appelbaum, Ph.D., (UC San Diego, Informatics and Biostatistics Core); Anthony Gamst, Ph.D., (UC San Diego, Informatics and Biostatistics Core); Wesley Thompson, Ph.D., (UC San Diego HaukeBartsch, Ph.D., UC San Diego, Informatics and Biostatistics Core); Brian Keating, Ph.D. (U Hawaii, Site Investigator);David Amaral, Ph.D. (University of California, Davis, PI), Elizabeth Sowell, Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles, PI) ; Walter Kaufmann, M.D. (Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University, PI); Peter Van Zijl, Ph.D. (Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University, PI); Stewart Mostofsky, M.D, (Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Site PI); B.J. Casey, Ph.D. (Sackler Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, PI); Erika J. Ruberry, B.A. (Sackler Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, Research Coordinator), Alisa Powers, B.A. (Sackler Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, Research Coordinator); Bruce Rosen, M.D., Ph.D., (Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Site Investigator); Tal Kenet, Ph.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Site Investigator); Jean Frazier, M.D., (University of Massachusetts, Site Investigator); David Kennedy, Ph.D., (University of Massachusetts, PI); Jeffrey Gruen, M.D, (Yale University, PI)