Developing Human Connectome Project (dHCP)
The Developing Human Connectome Project recruited pregnant women, as well as preterm and full-term infants from St Thomas Hospital in London, England. Participants were either pregnant women carrying an infant with an estimated foetal age of 20 to 42 weeks gestational age or live infants aged 23 to 44 weeks gestational age. At baseline, over 783 infants were scanned as part of data collection. Participating infants were followed up at 18 months postpartum.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
783 (participants)
Age at first data collection
23 - 44 weeks (infants)
Varied (pregnant women)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2017
Primary Institutions
Imperial College London (Imperial, ICL)
King's College London (KCL)
University of Oxford
Profile paper DOI
Funders
European Research Council (ERC)
European Union (EU)
NIHR Biomedical Research Centres at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
