UK Birth Cohort Study appoints Deputy Director

Alissa Goodman has been appointed as Professor of Economics and Deputy Director of the UK Birth Cohort Study at UCL, a post which has been created jointly by the university and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Professor Goodman's appointment signals UCL's strong strategic commitment to life course and longitudinal studies within the UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences headed by Professor Graham Hart. Professor Goodman will be based at the UCL Institute of Child Health. "We are delighted that Alissa Goodman is joining the senior management team for this study at UCL," said Professor Carol Dezateux, Director of the UK Birth Cohort Study and Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology at the UCL Institute of Child Health. "The UK Birth Cohort Study is an innovative large scale study which will create a world-leading data resource - Professor Goodman brings important disciplinary and research expertise which will enhance the development of this study and help realise opportunities for cross disciplinary collaboration and research at UCL and more widely." "UCL extends a warm welcome to Professor Goodman who joins our Faculty," said Professor Graham Hart, Dean of the Faculty of Population Health Sciences at UCL. "We are grateful to the ESRC for its generous support for this appointment. The new Birth Cohort Study is a ground-breaking study that will maintain the UK's leading position in life course and social and biomedical research. Cross-disciplinary research is a key element of UCL's research strategy and we look forward to working with Professor Goodman to realise this vision." Before taking up her appointment with UCL, Professor Goodman was Deputy Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.