For this week's chat, we were thrilled to have Dr Natalie Shenker, co-founder of Hearts Milk Bank with us to answer our questions about the composition of breast milk. Natalie: Good evening everyone, I’m delighted to be here! Please forgive…
Dr Sarah Rose of the Staffordshire University Children’s Lab talked to us about her research on the effect of TV on creativity in children. Sarah is fascinated by children’s creativity and in particular how it is influenced by screen time. She’s…
In the early 90s, a team from the University of Bristol recruited 10,000 pregnant women for a study on the environmental and genetic factors that affect a person’s health and development. Over the last 26 years, these women, their children and…
Silke Brandt from the Lancaster University Babylab joined us to answer our questions about language development in children. Silke's research focuses on how language and cognitive development interact and she is also interested in the influence of growing up bilingual.…
This week's Q&A was with Sarah McMullen, Head of Knowledge at the NCT (National Childbirth Trust), supported by Rachel Plachcinski, the NCT's Research Engagement Officer. Sarah says: The Knowledge team support NCT to be evidence-based in all we do. This…