THe    INTER-NDA    Network

The INTER-NDA has been applied in children from the following countries: 

Brazil
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Finland
Grenada
Guatemala
India
Italy
Indonesia
Kenya
Mexico
Pakistan
Russia
Senegal
South Africa
Slovakia
Thailand
Uganda
UK

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 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. Aureli Soria Frisch, 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

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. 

Measuring Neurodevelopment in Children exposed to the Zika Virus
Principal Investigators: Desiree La Beaud, Randall Waechter, Michelle Fernandes. 

The Multicentre Body Composition Study, Pakistan
Principal Investigators: Shabina Ariff 

The EveryPrem Project, Oxford, UK
Principal Investigators: Professor S Kennedy, Dr F O'Brien, Dr M Fernandes. Read more here. 

The Omama Project, Slovakia
Principal Investigators: Dr M Fernandes, Dr O Shaw, Dr P Hrica. Read more here. 
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Collaborators

​Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Centro de Tecnología e Innovación, Mexico City, Mexico 
CESTA VON, Bratislava, Slovakia
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
UKRI Action Against Stunting, University College London, UK
​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
University of Regensburg, Germany
USIU, Nairobi, Kenya
Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation and St. George's University, Grenada