National Academy of Sciences Workshop

The National Academy of Sciences’ (NAS) Committee on National Statistics held a workshop on January 11, 2013 on the design of the National Children's Study. The workshop provided a forum for expert discussion of two topics central to the implementation of the National Children’s Study. The topics included details concerning the collection of environmental exposure measures and the distribution of the sample among several potential cohorts.

Workshop Materials  

• Agenda (PDF 80 KB)
• Background Paper (PDF 77 KB)
• National Children’s Study Examples of Potential Exposures and Outcomes (PDF 101 KB)
• Potential Environmental Exposures of Interest (PDF 112 KB) 
• Transcript

Additional Materials 

• Executive Summary - Efficiency Considerations for Clustering the National Children’s Study (PDF 186 KB)
• The Case for Pre- and Peri-conception Measures in the National Children’s Study (PDF 189 KB)
• The National Children’s Study Institute of Medicine Workshop Steering Committee Briefing Document (PDF 690 KB)