Born Very Preterm: A Natural Experiment of How Early Adversity and Social Environment affect Life Course Development (Preterm-Lifecourse)

£24.16M GBP

Funder	Horizon Europe Guarantee
Recipient Organization	University of Warwick
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Nov 01, 2022
End Date	Oct 30, 2027
Duration	1,824 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Principal Investigator
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`EP/X023206/1`

Grant Description

Developmental theories of origin of diseases propose that individual differences in development and longevity start in the womb. These pathogenetic theories predict that adversity to the body early in life may lead to disease and early mortality.

In contrast, Life History theories propose that early childhood adversity change the speed of development with trade-offs such as earlier ageing. But how can developmental trajectories heading towards disease or trade-offs be altered? We propose VP birth (