Study team:
Study team in details:
1. International Advisory Committee:
Roles
Advising the Direction Committee on strategies, identifying knowledge gaps and research priorities, and evaluating the progress of the project
Members
International world-leading scientist covering different aspects of this multidisciplinary project
2. Steering Committee:
Roles
Setting strategies and priorities, looking for funding opportunities, and coordinating common follow-up protocols
Members
Project director, two PIs from each PERSIAN birth cohort center, up to two representatives from the PERSIAN cohort, plus other cohort researchers with essential roles in the PERSIAN birth cohort
3. Executive Committee:
Roles
Day-to-day management of the project, approval of publications, approval of external collaborations, approval of the proposals for sub-studies, preparation of common follow-up protocols, coordination of working groups
Members
Project co-director, two PIs from each PERSIAN birth cohort center, two representatives from the PERSIAN cohort
4. Working groups:
Roles
Harmonisation of data and analysis issues in each area of research, developing ideas for new studies, reference for central data manager, assistance in developing common protocols for new follow-ups
Members
Cohort researchers interested in one of the main cohort research topics
- Nuerodevelopment
- Genomix
- Occupational health
- etc
