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Investigators

  • Linda M Richter- Executive Director: Child, Youth and Family Development, Human Sciences Research Council. Research interest: Psychological Determinants of Child Development; Sexual and Reproductive Maturation
  • John M Pettifor- Professor Department of Paediatrics & Child Health / MRC Mineral Metabolism Research Unit. Research interest: Bone and Mineral Metabolism; Vitamin-D Deficiency Rickets.
  • Shane Norris- Senior Researcher MRC Mineral Metabolism Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics. Research interest: Bone and Mineral Metabolism; Nutrition.

Collaborators

  • Marie-Louise Newell - Director, Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London. Research Interests: Paediatric Epidemiology.
  • Derek YachProfessor, Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University. Research Interests: Epidemiology and Public Health.
  • Nigel Crowther- Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand. Research interest: Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome.
  • Vicky HosegoodResearch Fellow, Centre for Population Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Research Interests: Household Composition and Population Dynamics.
  • Noel Cameron- Professor, Department of Human Sciences, University of Loughborough. Research interest: Growth and Body Composition.
  • Krisela Steyn- Programme Leader, Head of WHO Centre, Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle Unit, Medical Research Council. Research interest: Cardiovascular Disease.
  • Angela Mathee- Senior Specialist Scientist, Environmental Health, Medical Research Council of South Africa, University of the Witwatersrand. Research interest: Environmental and Health Aspects of the Living Environment.
  • Oscar A Barbarin- Professor, University of North Carolina, School of Social Work. Research interest:
    Social Risks, Psychological Development and Prevention of HIV.
  • Alan Stein? Professor, Oxford University. Research interest: Parental depression and child development
  • Paula Griffiths- Senior Lecturer, Loughborough University. Research interest: Inequalities in health outcomes, particularly in relation to the relative role of community and household socio-economic factors.

Linda M Richter
Executive Director: Child, Youth and Family Development, Human Sciences Research Council
private bag X07
Dalbridge
4014
E-mail: lrichter@hsrc.ac.za
Phone: 27-31-273-1415
Fax: 27-31-273-1416
Research interest: Psychological Determinants of Child Development; Sexual and Reproductive Maturation.

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John M Pettifor
Professor Department of Paediatrics & Child Health / MRC Mineral Metabolism Research Unit
University of the Witwatersrand Chris Hani/Baragwanath Hospital
P O Bertsham, 2013
South Africa
E-mail: petifforjm@medicine.wits.ac.za
Phone: 27-11-933-1530
Fax: 27-11-938-9074
Research interest: Bone and Mineral Metabolism; Vitamin-D Deficiency Rickets.


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Shane Norris
Senior Researcher MRC Mineral Metabolism Research Unit
Department of Paediatrics,
University of the Witwatersrand
PO Bertsham, 2013
South Africa
E-mail: san@global.co.za
Phone: 27-11-488-3609
Fax: 27-11-488-3593
Research interests: Bone and Mineral Metabolism; Nutrition.

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Marie-Louise Newell
Director
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Institute of Child Health
University College London,
30 Guilford Street
London
WC1N EH
United Kingdom
E-mail: M.Newell@ich.ucl.ac.uk
Phone: 442078298699
Fax: 44 20 7813 8145
Research interests: Paediatric Epidemiology.

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Derek Yach
Professor
Epidemiology and Public Health
Yale University
New Haven
CT 06520
USA
E-mail: derek.yach@yale.edu
Phone: 785-4852
Research interests: Epidemiology and Public Health.

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Nigel Crowther
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Pathology
University of the Witwatersrand
Wits Medical School
7 York Road,
Parktown,
2193,
South Africa
E-mail: nigel.crowther@nhls.ac.za
Phone: 27-11-4898525
Fax: 27-11-717 2521
Research Interest: Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome.

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Vicky Hosegood
Research Fellow
Centre for Population Studies
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
49 -51 Bedford Square
London
WC1B 3DP
United Kingdom
E-mail: vicky.hosegood@lshtm.ac.uk
Phone: 442072994614
Fax: 44 20 7299 4637
Research interests: Household Composition and Population Dynamics.

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Noel Cameron
Professor
Department of Human Sciences
University of Loughborough
Loughborough,
Leicertershire LE11 3TU
United Kingdom
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/hu/staff.html
E-mail: N.Cameron@lboro.ac.uk
Phone: 44-509-223-008
Fax: 44-509-223-941
Research interests: Growth and Body Composition.

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Krisela Steyn
Programme Leader, Head of WHO Centre
Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle Unit
Medical Research Council
P O Box 19070
Tygerberg, 7505
South Africa
E-mail: ksteyn@mrc.ac.za
Phone: 27-21-938-0345/0423
Fax: 27-21-933-5519
Research interest: Cardiovascular Disease.

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Angela Mathee
Senior Specialist Scientist
Environmental Health
Medical Research Council of South Africa
University of the Witwatersrand
Medical School
7 York Road,
Parktown, 2193
South Africa
E-mail: amathee@mrc.ac.za
Phone: 27-11-717-2403
Fax: 27-11-717-2493
Research interest: Environmental and Health Aspects of the Living Environment.


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Oscar A Barbarin
Professor
University of North Carolina
School of Social Work
Chapel Hill,
North Carolina, 27599-3550
United States of America
E-mail: barbarin@umich.edu
Phone: 091-313-763-7778
Fax: 091-313-763-7864
Research interests: Social Risks, Psychological Development and Prevention of HIV.

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Alan Stein
Professor
Oxford University
Department of Psychiatry
Oxford,
01865 223935,
United States of America
E-mail: alan.stein@psych.ox.ac.uk
Fax: 018865 793101
Research interests: Parental depression and child development

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Paula Griffiths
Senior Lecturer
Department of Human Sciences
Loughborough University
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 3TU
UK
E-mail: P.Griffiths@lboro.ac.uk
Tel: 44-(0)1509-228486
Webpage: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/developments/hu/groups/hda/people/paula.html
Research interest: Inequalities in health outcomes, particularly in relation to the relative role of community and household socio-economic factors.


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