P3 Cohort Study

Happy June! This month, 22 of our participants are expecting a baby- 1 (!) from our main cohort and 21 from our sibling cohort! The most common due dates are June 11th and 30th! Congrats to all of the P3 families! 🍦👶

Some of our team had a great time attending the International Clinical Trials Day celebration hosted by the Calgary Centre for Clinical Research last week! It was an afternoon full of networking, learning, food, and celebrating the incredible work happening in clinical research.

We also got to take part in some fun team-building activities- and we’re pretty proud to say the P3 team took home the win in the tower building competition 🏆🍝

A huge thank you to everyone involved in advancing clinical trials and research that helps improve health outcomes for families and communities. 💙

📚 Did you know?

80% of P3 Cohort families reported reading to their 3-year-olds every day! 💜

Reading together helps support language development, learning, and quality family time - even just a few minutes a day can make a difference.

What’s your child’s favourite book right now? ✨

Screen time is one of the most widely discussed parenting issues in today’s digital world. Dr. Sheri Madigan discusses the realities ahead of conference on child development and family well-being https://bit.ly/4dAiVfN

UCalgary Arts | University of Calgary's Cu***ng School of Medicine | Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute

✨ P3 Cohort Paper Spotlight! ✨

🏡🚶‍♀️ A new study using P3 Cohort data explored whether living in a more walkable neighbourhood was linked to postpartum weight retention.

📊 Using P3 Cohort data, we found that about 70% of participants retained some pregnancy weight at 6–12 months postpartum.

🫄 Participants living in more walkable neighbourhoods had lower Body Mass Index (BMI) before pregnancy. However, neighbourhood walkability was not associated with postpartum weight retention.

🧐 These findings suggest that postpartum weight may be influenced by many factors beyond neighbourhood design alone, including lifestyle and individual health behaviours.

📚 Curious about the details? Check out the graphics to learn more or read the full article published in Preventive Medicine (Salah H, Stephenson N, Skiffington J, Leijser LM, Slater D, Metcalfe A. The association between neighborhood walkability and postpartum weight retention: A prospective cohort study. Prev Med. 2026.)

The full article can also be found here:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033350626000971?via%3Dihub

Last week we celebrated the soon-to-be newest addition to the P3 Cohort family! 🎉👶 We are wishing Tian all the best on this exciting new chapter! 💛✨

Happy Nurses Week!
Today (and every day), we celebrate the incredible nurses who provide compassionate care, advocate for patients, and make a difference in so many lives. Thank you for everything you do- your dedication does not go unnoticed. ❤️🩺

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Happy Mother’s Day 💐💖
To all the amazing moms and moms-to-be in our community- we’re celebrating you today! 🤰✨

Join the P3 Cohort in recognizing World Maternal Mental Health Day 💚
Up to 1 in 5 women experience maternal mental health challenges like postpartum depression. This May, organizations are coming together to raise awareness and remind women everywhere that they are not alone. 💛