The National Children's Study, the largest study ever conducted to learn about the health and development of children, is expanding its footprint in the region.

Children from Jefferson County in Missouri and Johnson, Union and Williamson counties in southern Illinois will be among 100,000 children across the nation who researchers will follow from before birth to age 21 to learn more about environmental and genetic influences on diseases.

As the lead study site, Saint Louis University School of Public Health received a $26.3 million contract from the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

"Families in Jefferson County and southern Illinois will have an opportunity to be on the forefront of landmark research into child and maternal health," says Terry Leet, Ph.D., lead investigator of the Jefferson, Johnson, Union and Williamson counties study sites and chairman of the department of community health at Saint Louis University School of Public Health.

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