Caroline Relton is Associate Professor in Epigenetic Epidemiology at the Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, UK.

Relton received a B.Sc. (Honors) in Applied Biology and Nutritional Science in 1989, a PGCE in Science in 1990, and a Ph.D. in Molecula Genetics in 1998.

Keith Godfrey BM, PhD, FRCP is Professor of Epidemiology & Human Development at the MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre and University of Southampton and an Honorary Consultant within Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust. His research is defining measures to improve the early growth and development of children, thereby improving their lifelong health.

George Davey Smith is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Bristol, Honorary Professor of Public Health at the University of Glasgow and Visiting Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is Scientific Director of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) and Director of the MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology.

Sally Brinkman is an Associate Professor at the world renowned Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth. Brinkman is a social epidemiologist with the majority of her research focusing on societies' impact on child development. She is also the Director of the Fraser Mustard Centre, an innovative new initiative between the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and the South Australia Department of Education and Child Development aimed to improve research translation.