P3 Cohort Study

🎉 A special milestone for the P3 Cohort! 🎉

The very last P3 Cohort baby has officially been born 💙👶

We are so grateful to all of the families who have been part of this journey and helped make this research possible. From pregnancy through early childhood, your time, experiences, and continued participation are helping us better understand pregnancy and child health outcomes for families in Alberta and beyond.

Welcome to the newest little member of the P3 family! 🐯🐢🎈

To kick off summer, our team enjoyed a lovely lunch and walk at Bowness Park! ☀️🌷

It was a great opportunity to spend some time together outside the office and enjoy the beautiful weather. Thank you to everyone who joined us! 😊

🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🌈

At P3 Cohort, we’re proud to celebrate and stand with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community this month and every month. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive research environment where all participants and families feel welcomed, respected, and valued. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Our team had a fantastic time at Clara Christie Day, where we learned about some of the amazing research happening across the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at UCalgary! 👩‍⚕️📈

A special shoutout to our team members who presented and helped showcase the impactful work being done in the department! 👏

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