Children Growing Up in Liverpool (C-GULL) Study | Research project will follow 10,000 babies & their families

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The Children Growing Up in Liverpool (C-GULL) Study is a ground-breaking research project aimed at improving health outcomes for families in the Liverpool City Region.

The study will follow the lives of 10,000 first-born babies and their families, from early pregnancy through childhood and beyond.

This is the first large-scale birth cohort study of its kind in the region, and it has the potential to make a significant impact on our understanding of complex health issues.

The C-GULL study is a partnership between the University of Liverpool, Wellcome Trust, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Liverpool City Council, and the Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The study is based at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital and will be delivered by a wide range of organisations. The information gathered through C-GULL will help researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to understand more about the early life origins of health and wellbeing.

People who are pregnant with their first pregnancy and have booked for their maternity care to be provided by Liverpool Women’s Hospital are eligible to participate in the study.

The study will collect extensive biological, biometric, socio-demographic, and psychosocial information at multiple points throughout the pregnancy and the child’s first two years of life.

Innovative data collection methods will be used to assess a range of areas, including child development, family structure, physical and mental health, and the home environment.

Participation in C-GULL will provide parents and their first-born child with additional health checks and support during pregnancy and childhood.

It will also help to create a valuable resource for future research that will benefit families both locally and globally. With the involvement of some of the top institutions in the field, the C-GULL study is poised to make a real difference in our understanding of the early life origins of health and wellbeing.

They are inviting all of those who are aged 16 years and older and who are pregnant with their first child and have chosen for their care to be at Liverpool Women’s Hospital to take part in this study. They will also ask partners (if applicable) if they would like to take part.

They want to involve all families from different ethnic, cultural, social and family backgrounds to understand how to improve the health and wellbeing of all children in the Liverpool City Region.

If you want to learn more about the C-GULL study and consider participating, please click here to find out more and register your interest.

To speak to the study team at Liverpool Women’s Hospital, you can contact the team via gullstudy@liverpool.ac.uk / 0151 795 6700.

You can read the story of mum Nina who is taking part in the study with her baby Oliver by clicking here.