Tuesday 2 August 2011

Science: From Cradle to Grave

Interested in research? This programme on Radio 4 explores longitudinal research in health.

Ben Goldacre, medic and author of the Bad Science Column, explores the past, present and future of longitudinal research. How did these monumental long term-studies come about? What have we learned from them and what do we still need to know?

He talks to some of the pioneers of epidemiology including Sir Michael Marmot whose famous study on civil servants changed our view of executive stress and Professor Diana Kuh, who worked on the original 1946 cohort study. And he meets the scientists behind a new UK Birth cohort study, starting in 2012 which will track a whole new generation of children, starting from their development in the womb to their final days of life.

Broadcast
  • Tuesday 2nd August 11:00 am
  • Thursday 4th August 21:00
  • Also available on the BBC iPlayer

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