Our Story

Since 2009, the Healthy Start Study has followed over 1,000 ethnically diverse women to assess the impact of intrauterine exposures on neonatal outcomes.

In other words,

with the help of our participants, we are discovering how a pregnant person’s environment and lifestyle during pregnancy can affect their child's growth and development.

What We've Achieved

  • 1,410 women enrolled in the study

  • Over 5,840 visits with those enrolled in Healthy Start I

  • 1,155 PEA POD measurements on newborns

  • 826 PEA POD measurements on 6-month olds