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SUMMARY:Mohn/PaeCH seminar series present Meredith O’Connor – The Melbo
 urne Children’s LifeCourse Initiative: A treasure trove of cohorts for u
 nderstanding health across the life span
DESCRIPTION:The Melbourne Children’s LifeCourse Initiative: A Treasure Tr
 ove of Cohorts for Understanding Health Across the Life Span\nDr. Meredith
  O’Connor\, Senior Research Fellow and Program Lead\, LifeCourse\, Murdo
 ch Children’s Research Institute\nAbout the presentation: \nThe Melbourn
 e Children’s Campus is a global leader in longitudinal and life course d
 ata. LifeCourse serves as a collaborative hub encompassing over 20 core lo
 ngitudinal cohort studies\, spanning conception to adulthood\, and involvi
 ng over 40\,000 participants. These studies offer extensive data collectio
 n\, including biosamples\, imaging\, and linkage to administrative data. T
 his presentation will showcase how researchers can harness this vast data 
 repository to address a wide range of questions crucial to understanding e
 arly life health and its impact throughout the life span. By utilising dat
 a from multiple cohort studies\, researchers can benefit from further adva
 ntages such as replication of findings\, improved precision in estimation\
 , and exploration of similarities across diverse societal contexts and dev
 elopmental periods. The presentation will offer illustrative examples of m
 ulti-cohort approaches\, showcasing the practical benefits and challenges 
 of these methodologies. For more information\, please visit: https://lifec
 ourse.melbournechildrens.com.\nAbout Meredith:\nDr. Meredith O’Connor is
  a developmental psychologist specialising in investigating health pathway
 s over the life span through large-scale prospective longitudinal cohort s
 tudies. With expertise in analytic approaches like replication and pooled 
 analyses\, she provides senior leadership and management to the Melbourne 
 Children’s LifeCourse initiative\, supporting over 30 cohort studies. Dr
 . O’Connor also contributes to the design of seminal longitudinal studie
 s in Australia\, including the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. 
 \nContact: meredith.oconnor@mcri.edu.au.\nThis seminar is jointly organise
 d by the Mohn Centre for Children’s Health and Wellbeing and the Centre 
 for Paediatrics and Child Health (PaeCH) at Imperial College London. If yo
 u would like to present as part of this monthly seminar series please cont
 act mohncentre@ic.ac.uk.
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/164533/mohn-paech-seminar-series-pres
 ent-meredith-oconnor-the-melbourne-childrens-lifecourse-initiative-a-treas
 ure-trove-of-cohorts-for-understanding-health-across-the-life-span/
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LOCATION:Cockburn Lecture Theatre\, SMQW 2042\, 2nd floor\, Queen Elizabeth
  The Queen Mother Wing\, St Mary's Campus\, Imperial College London\, Lond
 on\, W2 1NY\, United Kingdom
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