Projects

TeraEpi: Teratogenicity of anti-seizure medication: the roles of epigenetics and folic acid supplements

Many anti-seizure medications are known to be teratogenic, however, underlying mechanisms are not yet fully understood. Throug investigations of cord blood from children born of mothers with epilepsy, the TeraEpi project aims to unravel these mechanisms.

Intrauterine environmental exposures and pregnancy outcomes

This project will investigate whether various intrauterine environmental factors have a causal effect on pregnancy complications by using genetic markers as instrumental variables.

ART - Assisted Conceptions - Pregnancy and childhood outcomes

In this project we combine Norwegian registry data and questionnaire data from the MoBa cohort study to investigate causes and consequences of subfertility and assisted conception.

Reproduction, partner disruption and health

The main aim of the project is to understand the health consequences of changes in fertility patterns and partner disruption.

Prenatal exposure to toxicants and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and cognitive functions (NEUROTOX)

To investigate if prenatal exposure to environmental toxicants disrupts normal fetal brain development, acting through thyroid and epigenetic mechanisms.

Intrauterine infections and risk of stillbirth and delayed language development

The project studies the complications of intrauterine infections like cytomegalovirus and parvovirus B19.

MoBaRheuma

The aim of the study is to increase the knowledge of the causes of inflammatory rheumatic disorders which enables disease prevention

May maternal vitamin D status in pregnancy relate to children's later health?

Re-thinking the programming hypothesis

DNA metylation in psychiatric disorders

The CATCH-UP project: The impact of pre- and postnatal exposure to mixtures of environmental toxicants on catch-up growth, obesity and cardio-metabolic health in children

The overall objective of the project is to study the potential effects of exposure to mixtures of toxicants during vulnerable life stages on child growth and weight status.

TeraEpi

The Norwegian Environmental Biobank

Intergenerational Transmission of Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathological Spectra: A Genome-Wide Complex Trait Study

Assosiasjoner mellom CMD hos foreldre og barn kan skyldes tre forskjellige typer av intergenerasjonell overføring av risiko: 1) familiemedlemmer deler genetisk risiko, 2) familiemedlemmer deler risiko

The maternal effect on childhood asthma

The background for this project is that the risk of asthma in children is higher when the mother has asthma than when the father has asthma.

Genetic variation and alcohol intake during pregnancy

The project aims to find reasons for alcohol consumption during pregnancy by using molecular genetic methods.

MoBa tannstudien

Det er økning i forekomsten av en rekke pediatriske lidelser, inkludert type 1 diabetes, cøliaki, fedme, kryptorkisme og tidlig pubertet. Økningen i forekomsten av disse sykdommene antyder at nye milj

Revisiting and dissecting the maternal effect on childhood asthma

Our aim is to understand the basic biology behind asthma better, with the aim of better preventive actions in the future.

DNA methylation in newborns compared to in utero exposures and health outcomes in children

We have formed a consortium (Pregnancy and Childhood Epigenetics or PACE) together with other birth and child cohorts that have also measured methylation.

Interval between pregnancies, obstetric history and unwanted pregnancy outcomes

A longitudinal retrospective cohort study on the effect of gestational interval on maternal and child health.