Pediatric Adoption Neuropsychological Data Assessments (PANDA) Dataset

The Biopsychosocial Longitudinal Outcomes in Addiction Medicine (BLOOM) Lab has developed three datasets to explore how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and prenatal substance exposures are associated with psychiatric outcomes in at-risk populations, such as children in foster care or recently adopted. The second dataset, PANDA (Pediatric Adoption Neuropsychological Data Assessments), includes patients seen at the Adoption Medicine Clinic at the University of Minnesota (AMC-UMN) between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2024. The patient population comprises international and domestic adoptees, as well as individuals in the foster care system under 21 years old. The data captured in the PANDA dataset includes results from hundreds of neuropsychological tests. Each patient may have one or more assessments before the dataset was closed on December 31, 2024.