Enhancing and Archiving Data from the Triad Child Study
Official title: Enhancing and Archiving the Triad Child Study with Additional Data
Funded at University of North Carolina Greensboro · NIH-11372754 · Data updated 2026-11-12
Aging and infant data from a long-running study of 259 mother-child pairs are being made more accessible to researchers and clinicians to help understand how early life factors shape child development.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R03 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of North Carolina Greensboro NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Greensboro, United States) |
| Project start | September 1, 2026 |
| Project end | August 31, 2028 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $147,417 |
| NIH project number | 1R03HD119085-01A1 |
| Project ID | NIH-11372754 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal candidates are families who have participated in the Triad Child Study (mothers and infants from prenatal to age 2) or similar longitudinal datasets seeking data reuse and secondary analyses.
✕Less likely to help
Patients not involved in or accessing these archived data may not directly benefit from this specific data-sharing activity.
What this research studies
This project focuses on sharing and organizing existing data from the Triad Child Study, which followed mothers and babies from the third trimester to age 2. It emphasizes diverse samples (including Black and White families) and uses rich measures like interviews, physiological data, and behavioral ratings. By archiving these datasets, researchers can reuse information to study maternal mental health, parenting beliefs, and early child outcomes in a way that is more efficient and widely available. The work aims to remove barriers to data use and promote innovation in how we understand early development and family processes.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, patients and clinicians could benefit from faster access to well-characterized data that inform better support for mothers and children during pregnancy and early infancy.
How similar studies have gone: Archiving and sharing large developmental datasets has enabled numerous secondary analyses with meaningful findings in child development and maternal health.
Where this research is happening
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University of North Carolina Greensboro
Greensboro, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Leerkes, Esther M — University of North Carolina Greensboro
- Study coordinator: Leerkes, Esther M
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About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.