THe INTER-NDA Network
The INTER-NDA SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY GROUP
Dr. Michelle Fernandes, Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Oxford, UK
Professor Alan Stein, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK
Professor Charles Newton, KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya & University of Oxford, UK
Professor Jose Villar, Principal Investigator - the INTERGROWTH-21st Project, Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Oxford, UK
Professor Stephen Kennedy, Principal Investigator - the INTERGROWTH-21st Project, Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Oxford, UK
Dr. Leila Cheikh Ismail, Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Oxford, UK
Dr. Katharina Wulff, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, UK
Dr. Amina Abubakar, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK & KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
Dr. Michelle de Haan, Developmental Neurosciences Program, Institute of Child Health,University College London, London, UK
Dr. Aureli Soria Frisch, Neuroscience Business Unit, Starlab Barcelona, SL, Barcelona, Spain
Javier Acedo, Neuroscience Business Unit, Starlab Barcelona, SL, Barcelona, Spain
David Ibanez, Neuroscience Business Unit, Starlab Barcelona, SL, Barcelona, Spain
Dr. Francesca Giuliani, Dipartimento di Scienze Pediatriche e dell' Adolescenza, SCDU Neonatologia, Università di Torino, Turin, Italy
Michael Kihara, Department of Psychology, United States International University, Nairobi, Kenya
Luis Aranzeta, Centro de Tecnología e Innovación, Mexico City, Mexico
Professor Alan Stein, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK
Professor Charles Newton, KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya & University of Oxford, UK
Professor Jose Villar, Principal Investigator - the INTERGROWTH-21st Project, Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Oxford, UK
Professor Stephen Kennedy, Principal Investigator - the INTERGROWTH-21st Project, Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Oxford, UK
Dr. Leila Cheikh Ismail, Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Oxford, UK
Dr. Katharina Wulff, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, UK
Dr. Amina Abubakar, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK & KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
Dr. Michelle de Haan, Developmental Neurosciences Program, Institute of Child Health,University College London, London, UK
Dr. Aureli Soria Frisch, Neuroscience Business Unit, Starlab Barcelona, SL, Barcelona, Spain
Javier Acedo, Neuroscience Business Unit, Starlab Barcelona, SL, Barcelona, Spain
David Ibanez, Neuroscience Business Unit, Starlab Barcelona, SL, Barcelona, Spain
Dr. Francesca Giuliani, Dipartimento di Scienze Pediatriche e dell' Adolescenza, SCDU Neonatologia, Università di Torino, Turin, Italy
Michael Kihara, Department of Psychology, United States International University, Nairobi, Kenya
Luis Aranzeta, Centro de Tecnología e Innovación, Mexico City, Mexico
PROJECTS
The INTERGROWTH-21st Project
A longitudinal study developing prescriptive standards of fetal and infant growth and development in optimally healthy mothers and babies from Brazil, China, India, Italy, Kenya, Oman, the UK and the USA. Read more about the Project here.
Principal Investigators: Jose Villar, Stephen Kennedy
The INTERBIO-21st Study
A longitudinal study examining the effect of prematurity and fetal growth restriction on early child growth and development from Brazil, Kenya, Pakistan, Thailand, South Africa and the UK. Read more about the Study here.
Principal Investigators: Jose Villar, Stephen Kennedy
The FinnBrain Study
A longitudinal study examining the combined influence of environmental and genetic factors on the development of a child. Read more about the Study here.
Principal Investigators: Hasse Karlsson, Linnea Karlsson
Saving Brains Grenada
An intervention study investigating the effects of a conscious discipline intervention targeted at reducing corporal punishment and harsh discipline on child development outcomes in Grenada, West Indies. Read more about the trial here.
Principal Investigators: Randall Waechter, Barbara Landon
Group assessments of preschoolers in Mexico City
A study carried out in collaboration with Educacion Inicial, Mexico City to explore whether assessment of preschoolers in small groups of 3 is feasible and carries benefits over one-on-one assessments. The assessments are carried out by nursery teachers on 22 to 30 month old children.
Women First: Preconceptional Maternal Nutrition
A non-masked, randomised controlled trial aimed to examine the benefits of a daily comprehensive maternal nutritional supplement, commenced 3 or more months prior to conception, on offspring growth, health and neurodevelopment outcomes in study sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, India and Guatemala. Read more about the trial here.
Principal Investigators: Nancy Krebs, Michael Hambridge
Neurodevelopment and Vector Borne Diseases: Building Research Capacity in the Tropics
A study aimed at determining growth and developmental outcomes in children exposed to the Chikungynua Virus during intra-uterine life in Grenada. Read more here.
Principal Investigators: Desiree La Beaud, Randall Waechter, Trevor Noel.
The Multicentre Body Composition Study, Pakistan
Principal Investigators: Shabina Ariff
Collaborators
Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Centro de Tecnología e Innovación, Mexico City, Mexico
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto, South Africa
Educacion Inicial, Mexico City, Mexico
Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Geneva, Switzerland
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA
Institute of Child Health, London, UK
KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya
Ketkar Hospital, Nagpur, India
KLE University, Belgaum, Karnataka, India
SMRU, Mae Sot, Thailand
Starlab & Neuroelectrics, Barcelona, Spain
St. George's University, Grenada
University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA
Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
University of Oxford, UK
University of Turku, Finland
University of Turin, Turin, Italy
University of Southampton, UK
USIU, Nairobi, Kenya
Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation and St. George's University, Grenada