Dr Deirdre Murray, Prof Jonathan Hourihane, Dept of Paediatrics and Child Health, UCC Prof Louise Kenny, Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, UCC Prof Mairead Kiely, Dept of Food and Nutritional Science, UCC Prof Alan Irvine, Dept of Dermatology, Trinity College, Dublin

BASELINE study in Numbers

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Immediate Aims 0-2 years •  Prevalence of food allergy and eczema •  Maternal and neonatal Vitamin D status •  Metabolic and developmental effects of

IUGR •  Build foundation for study of the cohort

through childhood into adulthood

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Neonatal Brain Research Group University College Cork

Paediatrics and Child Health College of Medicine and Health

UCC

Food and Nutritional Sciences UCC

Research team

Dermatology Department of Clinical Medicine,TCD

Obstetrics and Gynaecology UCC

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•  Biological  samples  (FDA  &  HIPPA  approved)  •  Gold  standard  measurement    •  Strict  SOPs  •  Small  team  of  trained  researchers  performed  clinical  examinaDons,  ↓inter-­‐observer  variability  

•  CollaboraDon  with  Global  experts  

HRB Discovery Centre assessments 10,029

Database

Internet based Secure access FDA approved

628 0-2 mths 836 6 mths 836 12 mths 836 24 mths 880 60 mths 4016 datapoints recorded

datapoints 6.5 million

scientific publications 36

registered birth cohorts 47

EnRiCH

million Euro 1.5

Darina Sheehan Clare O’Halloran Klaudia Sikora Emma Cobbe Hazel Smith Sinead O’Donovan Carol Ni Caoimh Elaine McCarthy Holly Darragh-Hickey Claire Cullinane Nollaig Shalloo Roisin O’Keeffe Maeve Kelleher Geraldine Hannon Laura O’Connell Aisling Doyle Dorota Duszynska Colin Hawkes

Dr Deirdre Murray Prof Jonathan Hourihane Prof Louise Kenny Prof Mairead Kiely Prof Alan Irvine

From the BASELINE team

Thank you!

60% of original consented maternal-child dyads assessed at 5 years