29 October saw us host our 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting. Even though the event is aimed primarily at our research community, this year’s event had a substantial focus on the contributions of our participants. The event theme was The Raine Study’s Next Generation, something we felt was a fitting transition from celebrating the past 30 years to looking ahead to the next three decades.

The event was formally opened by Gen1 mum Amanda Aitken (a last minute replacement for her Gen2 son William who was unwell on the day). Gen1 and Gen 2 participants featured in our panel discussion (with support from one of their Gen3 babies in our audience!), and participants were also involved in the scoring of the student and early-career researcher presentations. Click through to see video and read about our keynotes, panellists and researcher presentations.  

From January through to December 2021 Raine Study data has been featured in 47 scientific journals and publications around the world. Read on for selected highlights, and marvel at the breadth and range of topics covered!
 

• High blood pressure risks start in utero
• Plastics exposure not so harmful? 
• The evolution of personality traits
• Teenage or adult pain in the neck?
• Active kids lead to healthy adults
• Smoking is bad for your vision
• Early to bed…
• Developmental psychology
• Understanding the genetic basis of pain

Very much hot off the presses, the Australian Government launched the new National Preventive Health Strategy at a media conference on 13 December. The reason why we decided to include it in this newsletter is because “preventive health” is what we do at the Raine Study, and what you’ve all been enabling by taking part in our follow-ups over the last 30+ years. Scientific findings from the Raine Study have contributed significantly to the field of evidence referenced in the strategy document, and will continue to do so.

To find out more, check out the media statement from the Health Minister and read the summary document. You can also download the strategy document in full at the same location – while it’s 85 pages it’s written in fairly plain English. Pages 13-22 provide an excellent run down of the factors impacting life-course health - in other words, what we do here at the Raine Study and why it matters.

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