Artist Lisa Creagh's exhibition Holding Time at the Royal Brompton Hospital and also her interviews of breastfeeding mothers address themes that some of our PSG groups are exploring in their research: in February, nearly 120 mothers from Parenting Science Gang took part…
Parenting Science Gang has a new group looking at the microbiome. For two weeks, our citizen scientist parents are working with Dr. Nigel Field (UCL) Prof. Peter Brocklehurst (Birmingham) and Rachel Plachinski (NCT) from the upcoming Baby Biome Cohort Study – a large scale…
Cordelia Fine, academic and author of the bestselling Delusions of Gender and Testosterone Rex, joined our Let Toys Be Toys, Parenting Science Gang for an online Q&A. Cordelia Fine: Hi everyone. To briefly introduce myself, I am an academic psychologist at the University of…
Parenting Science Gang has a new group looking at the microbiome. For two weeks, our citizen scientist parents are working with Dr. Nigel Field (UCL) Prof. Peter Brocklehurst (Birmingham) and Rachel Plachinski (NCT) from the upcoming Baby Biome Cohort Study - a large scale…
Our Let Toys Be Toys -Parenting Science Gang members have been considering researching the effect bedtime stories have on children's gender stereotyping. Dr Lauren Spinner joined us for a Q&A to help us explore this idea. Lauren Spinner: Hi everyone! I think this…
Water births, midwife-led units and surprising research findings were on the agenda for the Big Birthas' Parenting Science Gang discussion with Dr Rachel Rowe of the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit. Image: Eric Peacock CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Rachel: Hi everyone, thanks so much…
What do you know about the microbiome? Here are the Baby Biome Parenting Science Gang's top facts: Your gut health could impact the health of the rest of your body in many ways. You are not sterile! You are carrying around…
Welcome to Parenting Science Gang, Dr Nigel Field and Prof. Peter Brocklehurst. Please could tell us a bit about yourselves and what the Baby Biome Cohort Study is about? Nigel Field: I’m Nigel Field. I’m a public health doctor and researcher…
We were joined by Dr Ellinor Olander to talk about the services offered to pregnant woman with a high BMI and how effective they are. Image by Ryan Franco Ellinor: Hi everyone, thanks for inviting me to this Q&A. I…
My name is Lauren Spinner. I am a Developmental Psychologist and my research focuses on children’s gender development. I’m particularly interested in how children come to understand gender norms and how/why children are motivated to conform to them in terms…