Maternal, perinatal and preconception health
Women’s mental illness in pregnancy: contact with secondary mental health services and links with offspring health and education outcomes
This study is exploring how mothers’ contact with secondary mental health services during pregnancy relates to their children’s health and developmental outcomes in England.
This study is being led by Yasmin Ahmadzadeh and was funded by ADR UK. The study started in 2026 and aims to finish in 2027.
MATernal mental health, Child Health Emergency Department utilisation: impact on children's education and development outcomes (MATCHED)
This study is exploring how the mental health and wellbeing of mothers and birthing parents in England affect their children's health, development, and education.
This study is being led by Amanda Mason-Jones and was funded by ADR UK and ESRC. The study started in 2025 and aims to finish in 2026.
Missingness as a marker of health inequality: implications of data gaps for maternal and child outcomes
This study is exploring how missing information in routinely collected records might tell us something important about the people those records belong to.
This study is being led by Dr Talia Hubble and Prof Katie Harron (UCL) and was funded by NIHR. The study started in 2026 and aims to finish in 2027.
Completed studies.
Enhancing ECHILD with a Mother-Baby Link
We created a pseudonymised mother-baby link to facilitate policy-relevant research on the impact of family and household characteristics on child outcomes.
This study is completed. It was led by Prof Katie Harron and was funded by ADR UK.
Being born early, physical health and school outcomes
This study aimed to find out what health conditions children who are born too early (preterm) are likely to have prior to school age, and how these children progress through primary school exams.
The study was completed in 2023. It was led by Dr Nicolás Libuy (UCL) and was funded by ADR UK.