B4490 - Intergenerational transmission of educational attainment intelligence and Maternal health - 24/07/2024

B number: 
B4490
Principal applicant name: 
Mimi Xiao | Chongqing Medical University (中国)
Co-applicants: 
Title of project: 
Intergenerational transmission of educational attainment, intelligence and Maternal health
Proposal summary: 

To study the intergenerational transmission of innate factors such as maternal health, educational attainment, and intelligence, and how acquired environmental factors such as policy and parenting behavior influence the offspring's human capital through their interaction with heredity (gene-environment correlation - the correlation of genetic factors with environmental factors, the genetic factors are measured by polygenic scores, the environmental factors include family environmental factors such as SES factors and social environmental factors such as service quality of maternal and child care services).

Impact of research: 
It will help to understand the long term and intergenerational effects of the public health program and explore the transmission mechanism.
Date proposal received: 
Thursday, 7 December, 2023
Date proposal approved: 
Monday, 18 December, 2023
Keywords: 
Health Economics, DNA sequencing, GWAS, Cohort studies - attrition, bias, participant engagement, ethics, Childhood - childcare, childhood adversity, Cognition - cognitive function, Intelligence - memory, Mothers - maternal age, menopause, obstetrics, Whole genome sequencing