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The recently established MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing
(LHA) is the new home of the MRC National Survey of Health and
Development (NSHD).
The NSHD, the oldest of the British birth cohort studies, is
unique in having data from birth to age 60 years on the health and
social circumstances of a representative sample (N=5362) of men and
women born in England, Scotland or Wales in March 1946.
The mission of the Unit is to realise the scientific potential
of the NSHD as a world class, interdisciplinary life course study
of ageing by:
- Scientific discovery of life course
influences on normal and healthy ageing
- Transfer of knowledge to policymakers,
health practitioners, and other research users
- Promotion of healthy ageing
The NSHD was highlighted in a recent letter to The Guardian,
following a discussion in its pages about baby boomers. Here was
our reply to that letter:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/13/1948ers-club-inequality-gloomy
Forthcoming unit events
LHA are pleased to welcome Dr Janet Rich Edwards, the Director
of Developmental Epidemiology at the Connors Center for Women’s
Health and Gender Biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and
Director of the Reproductive, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology
track at Harvard School of Public Health. Dr
Rich Edwards will be presenting "Breathing life
into the lifecourse approach: Is it time to use pregnancy
history to target CVD prevention in women?".
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