Fetal, Infant, Toddler Neuroimaging Group (FIT'NG): Uniting Clinical, Computational, Engineering, and Neuroscience to advance discoveries for the young child.

神经发育障碍，包括精神症状和学习障碍，以及药物使用， 仍然是公共卫生问题，因为它们可能导致#年的教育和职业结果不佳 青春期和成年期。人脑发育是一个复杂的过程，从接下来的几周开始。 受孕并在出生后的头两年经历快速发展。前进 对早期神经发育过程的理解，以及促进健康与 适应不良发展是应对这些挑战的关键手段。快速发展的领域 胎儿、婴儿和幼儿的神经成像显示出对这一领域的潜在贡献，从 从1990年的S到2021年，每年出版160到530篇。然而，无数的挑战阻碍了这一进程 领域，包括与数据采集和处理有关的方法学问题；现有数据的快速变化 用于向用户传播的资源有限的技术和工具；以及小型化的代表性不足 研究参与者和研究人员中的个人。我们考虑到了社区成长的痛苦 并回应了对桥梁组织的需求，该组织将那些在发展方面具有专业知识的人聚集在一起 促进数据进步的神经科学、临床科学、计算和生物医学工程 为年轻的大脑提供高质量和图像处理工具。胎儿、婴儿和幼儿神经成像小组 成立于2018年的非营利性学术协会(Fit‘NG)旨在将跨学科研究人员聚集在一起 将重点放在生命最初几年的神经发育上。只关注这一领域的年度会议是 跟上技术进步的步伐，建立和分享最佳实践，以解决方法问题 挑战，并在每个层面上增加多样性。我们提出了一项多年会议申请，以支持 以下具体目标：(1)促进新的研究和科学家之间的合作 学科；(2)增加不同种族、民族和社会经济背景的科学家的机会 背景，特别注意代表性不足的少数族裔科学家，突出他们的工作，并参与 有效地参与这一领域的研究；以及(3)促进和支持下一代FIT‘NG的发展 通过为参加会议的年轻研究人员提供经济和职业支持，为研究人员提供资金和职业支持。时间的选择 会议与美国国立卫生研究院八个研究所的健康大脑和儿童发展(HBCD)倡议一致， 这项突破性的研究涉及到全美数千名新生儿的神经成像，这将是 从出生到童年都有预期的跟踪。Fit‘ng会议将为美国提供一个论坛。 HBCD网络内外的调查人员交流信息和协作，并参与 与国际社会的科学家一起进行胎儿、婴儿和幼儿的神经成像研究。

Neurodevelopmental disorders, including psychiatric symptoms and learning disabilities, and substance use, remain public health concerns as they can lead to suboptimal educational and occupational outcomes in adolescence and adulthood. Human brain development is a complex process that begins in the weeks following conception and undergoes rapid development through the first two years of postnatal life. Advancing understanding of early neurodevelopmental processes, and the conditions which foster healthy versus maladaptive development, represents a critical means of addressing these challenges. The rapidly growing field of fetal, infant, and toddler neuroimaging demonstrates potential to contribute to this area, with an increase from 160 to 530 publications per year during the 1990's to 2021. Yet, a myriad of challenges hinder progress of the field including methodological issues related to data acquisition and processing; rapid changes in available technology and tools with limited resources for dissemination to users; and underrepresentation of minoritized individuals among research participants and researchers. We considered the growing pains of the community and responded to the need for a bridge organization that brings together those with expertise in developmental neuroscience, clinical-science, and computational and biomedical engineering to facilitate advances in data quality and image processing tools for the young brain. The Fetal, Infant, and Toddler Neuroimaging Group (FIT'NG), non-profit academic society established in 2018, aims to bring together interdisciplinary researchers with a focus on neurodevelopment during the first years of life. An annual meeting focused solely on this field is essential to keep up with technological advances, establish and share best practices to address methodological challenges, and increase diversity at every level. We propose a multi-year conference application to support the following specific aims: to (1) stimulate new research and collaboration between FIT'NG scientists across disciplines; (2) increase the opportunity for scientists from racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse backgrounds, with particular attention to underrepresented minority scientists, to highlight their work, and engage effectively in this field of research; and (3) promote and support the development of the next generation of FIT'NG researchers by providing financial and career support for young investigators to attend the meeting. The timing of the meetings aligns with the Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) initiative of eight NIH institutes, a groundbreaking study involving neuroimaging with thousands of newborns across the United States that will be prospectively followed from birth through childhood. The FIT'NG meeting will provide a forum for U.S. investigators both within and outside of the HBCD network to exchange information and collaborate, and engage with the international community of scientists conducting fetal, infant and toddler neuroimaging research.