The C-GULL Study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Children Growing Up in Liverpool – Longitudinal Birth Cohort and CityLab Linked Data
IRAS ID
314463
Contact name
Louise Kenny
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Liverpool
Duration of Study in the UK
5 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
C-GULL is a novel longitudinal research study combining civic (CityLab) and birth (10,000 first-borns; triad design) cohorts. Women will be recruited during the late first or early second trimester of pregnancy and followed up at 5 subsequent timepoints up to when their child is 2 years old initially, with further follow up planned. Extensive biological, biometric, socio-demographic and psychosocial information will be collected at set timepoints antenatally and postnatally. The deep clinical, psychosocial and molecular phenotyping of this large cohort will be linked to routinely-collected data on the health & social care, education and welfare systems underpinning child health, lessening the burden on participants, and allowing the collection of additional data via emerging digital media that instrument behavioural, social and environmental factors.
Our overarching aim is to improve health and reduce inequalities in Liverpool through a pioneering research platform that will uncover early years pathways to chronic diseases in adulthood and test the impacts of interventions in a connected world. The study will be core to the region’s digital strategy and owned by the people of Liverpool with dependable civic pride. Given that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) undermine social and economic development throughout the world and constitute a major health challenge of the 21st Century, C-GULL’s findings will be relevant globally.
REC name
North East - Newcastle & North Tyneside 1 Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
23/NE/0009
Date of REC Opinion
28 Feb 2023
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion