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Our research and teaching interests include health services, infections, nutrition, screening and surveillance, developing methods to use and understand research data and biostatistical methods.
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Research Groups
Biostatistics
Our statisticians have an international reputation for their work developing new statistical methods to analyse human growth and development and constructing age-related reference ranges in a variety of conditions and measures
Child Health Informatics Group
The Child Health Informatics Group capitalises on the opportunities for research offered by administrative datasets routinely collected by government departments and other statutory bodies to create rich resources for policy-relevant research
Children and Families Policy Research Unit
Conducting high-quality research to support the development of evidence-based policy to improve the health of children and families
Infections Group
Our research is focussed on understanding infections in pregnancy and childhood, with an emphasis on prevention of vertical (mother-to-child) transmission, delineating risks for adverse outcomes and addressing key questions central to clinical practice and public health
Nutrition
Our paediatric nutrition research spans cognitive function, cardiovascular health, bone health, body composition, biochemistry, dietetics, energy metabolism and staple isotope research
Promise
The PROMISE Programme aims to improve the assessment and treatment of childhood obesity through research addressing key gaps in the evidence base supporting the NICE childhood obesity treatment pathway and to build a coherent programme of clinical and public health research that significantly contributes towards improving the treatment of childhood obesity in the NHS
Trim Tots
Trim Tots Community Interest Company was formed to tackle obesity through the delivery and roll out of Planet Munch Healthy Lifestyle Programme
