Research Groups
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
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
Conducting high-quality research to support the development of evidence-based policy to improve the health of children and families
Our research is using large, administrative databases to study how the local environment affects children’s health as they are growing up
The ECHILD project is a research study run by University College London that joins together existing health, education and social care information for all children in England for the first time.
We are using this linked data to better understand how education affects children’s health, and how health affects children’s education.
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
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 Community Interest Company was formed to tackle obesity through the delivery and roll out of Planet Munch Healthy Lifestyle Programme
