About us
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What is pPOD?
pPOD is a group of researchers that work to understand how best to prevent mental health problems in children. We also seek to understand children’s development and are particularly interested in how early experiences influence behaviour and development. Our work usually focusses on the first years of life; the time during pregnancy when a baby is developing rapidly and in the days and weeks that follow. pPOD is primarily based at the Centre for Psychiatry at Imperial College, London. The team comprises psychologists, psychiatrists and other doctors. It is jointly led by Paul Ramchandani and Susannah Murphy. |
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What is it all about?
Recent scientific evidence has emphasised the important influence of the early environment on children’s development and the potential impact of this time for lifelong health and wellbeing. This includes the environment in the first few years of a child’s life, but also the environment when they are developing in their mother’s womb.
Early child development is wonderfully complex, and the complicated interplay of the early environment with a child’s genes, including the influence of the early environment on epigenetic changes, is an exciting and evolving challenge in the field.
pPOD seeks to further understanding these aspects of children’s development by undertaking a number of research studies, including clinical trials of new psychological interventions to improve young children’s mental health, and that of their parents. Most of our work is conducted in the UK, but we also work with research groups across the UK and across the world. You can find details of the people in the team, the studies we do, and the papers we write and talks we do on this website. If you would like to find out more, or are interesting in coming and studying with us, please get in touch here.
Recent scientific evidence has emphasised the important influence of the early environment on children’s development and the potential impact of this time for lifelong health and wellbeing. This includes the environment in the first few years of a child’s life, but also the environment when they are developing in their mother’s womb.
Early child development is wonderfully complex, and the complicated interplay of the early environment with a child’s genes, including the influence of the early environment on epigenetic changes, is an exciting and evolving challenge in the field.
pPOD seeks to further understanding these aspects of children’s development by undertaking a number of research studies, including clinical trials of new psychological interventions to improve young children’s mental health, and that of their parents. Most of our work is conducted in the UK, but we also work with research groups across the UK and across the world. You can find details of the people in the team, the studies we do, and the papers we write and talks we do on this website. If you would like to find out more, or are interesting in coming and studying with us, please get in touch here.
