The lead researchers begin collaborating.
• INPD is established as one of the National Institutes of Science and Technology supported by CNPq/FAPESP.
• The Conexão project, the first cohort study of INPD, is launched.
USP assigns two teaching positions to INPD.
Previously unranked in the field, Brazil rises to become one of the top 15 countries in the world in child psychiatry scientific production.
• The Primeiros Laços study begins monitoring its first young pregnant participant.
• The Tripartite graduate program is created, offering triple PhD degrees.
INPD receives additional funding to expand projects over the following 8 years.
• The Ame Sua Mente institute is established to explore mental health promotion in schools.
• A Nature article recognizes the Conexão project as one of the most important developmental cohort studies in the world.
•The Primeiros Laços project wins the Social Medicine Innovation category at the Dasa & Abril Innovation in Health Award.
INPD forms a partnership with Banco Industrial do Brasil.
The proposal to create CISM is submitted to and approved by FAPESP.
CISM is established and launched in the cities of São Paulo, Indaiatuba, and Jaguariúna.