Here you will be able to view video recordings of all of the talks from the conference and the accompanying slides available to download.
Programme - Longitudinal Developmental Science Conference
Day one – Sex differences and pathways from pregnancy to child and adolescent mental health problems
Welcome
Prof Helen Sharp, University of Liverpool
Introduction – How can Longitudinal Developmental Science inform our understanding of child mental health in Western and low and middle-income settings?
Prof Jonathan Hill, University of Reading
Why are there such large differences in boys’ and girls’ rates of emotional and behavioural disorders, and why does it matter?
Prof Barbara Maughan, King’s College London
The development of aggression: Why do girls and boys become so different?
Prof Dale Hay, Cardiff University
Insights into sex differences in pathways to child psychopathology from the Wirral Child Health and Development Study.
Prof Jonathan Hill, University of Reading
Early life influences on the epigenome: evidence for sex-specific effects?
Dr Kieran O'Donnell, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Epigenetic programming by early life stress: translational approaches from rodent to human and back.
Dr Chris Murgatroyd, Manchester Metropolitan University
Gender differences in young adulthood: the South London Child Development Study.
Dr Susan Pawlby, King's College London
The role of cortisol reactivity in the translation of CU traits to aggression: evidence for sex specific pathways
Dr Nicky Wright, University of Liverpool
Why are associations between maternal cortisol in pregnancy and early infant behaviours so different in boys and girls?
Dr Elizabeth Braithwaite, University of Reading and University of Oxford
Gender differences in play and imagination
Salim Hashmi, Cardiff University
Sex difference, mechanisms underlying psychopathology and implications for treatments and clinical services.
Round table discussion with audience questions
Day two – Longitudinal developmental science and global child mental health
On critical periods and reverse causality. Recent results from the Generation R birth cohort
Prof Henning Tiemeier, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Netherlands
The persistent impact of being bullied during childhood and adolescence: Implications of policy and practice
Prof Louise Arseneault, King's College London
Long-term sequelae of early deprivation: the young adult follow up of the English and Romanian Adoptees study.
Prof Barbara Maughan, King’s College London
Born in Bradford is growing up - 10 years of Epidemiology, engagement and intervention
Dr Rosie Eachan, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
From Birkenhead to Bangalore - investigating shared and distinctive perinatal risks for child mental health
Prof Helen Sharp, University of Liverpool
Cultural issues in assessing maternal mental health and mother infant interactions in the Bangalore Child Health and Development cohort study.
Dr Geetha Desai, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience , India
Conceptualising cross cultural differences in early caregiving: comparative levels of instruction and mind-mindedness
Laura Bozicevic, University of Liverpool
MRC Global Mental Health Strategy.
Dr Rachael Panizzo, Programme Manager for Mental Health and Addiction Medical Research Council UK
Future priorities and directions for mental health research
Round table discussion with audience questions. Chair: Shoba Srinath (retired), NIMHANS, India
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