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ArticleJournal of the Royal Society of New Zealand2023

The Dunedin study after half a century: reflections on the past, and course for the future.

Richie Poulton, Hayley Guiney, Sandhya Ramrakha, Terrie E Moffitt

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Article in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Epigenetic Clock Trajectories and Brain Health in Midlife.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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  9. Biomarkers of Oxidative and Mitochondrial Stress Are Associated With Accelerated Pace of Aging at Midlife in a Birth Cohort.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025
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  13. Characterizing midlife-onset alcohol dependence: Implications for etiology, prevention, and healthy aging.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2025
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  15. Pace of Aging in older adults matters for healthspan and lifespan.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024
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  16. The Continuity of Adversity: Negative Emotionality Links Early Life Adversity With Adult Stressful Life Events.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2024
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  17. Adult Physical Function Has Roots in Early Childhood Brain Function: A Five-Decade Cohort Study.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Richie PoultonDunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Division of Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1052-4583
Hayley GuineyDunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Division of Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1311-8625
Sandhya RamrakhaDunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Division of Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0383-9886
Terrie E MoffittDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8589-6760

Funding

Is mental disorder a preventable cause of age-related disease? The Dunedin Study.R01AG032282 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CASPI, AVSHALOM, MOFFITT, TERRIE E · 2009 to 2025
$9.5M
Validating a 3rd-generation methylation measure of accelerated aging: DunedinPoAm4xR01AG073207 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CASPI, AVSHALOM, MOFFITT, TERRIE E · 2022 to 2025
$2.9M
Uncovering and confirming gene-environment interactions in psychopathologyR01MH077874 · NIMH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CASPI, AVSHALOM · 2007 to 2010
$1.6M
Medical Research Council MR/P005918/1NIA NIH HHS R01 AG032282NIA NIH HHS R01 AG073207NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH077874
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the last 50 years Dunedin Study researchers have published more than 1400 peer-reviewed journal articles, books, and reports on many aspects of human health and development. In this 50th anniversary piece we reflect on (i) our historical roots and necessary re-invention through time; (ii) the underpinning principles that have contributed to our success; (iii) some selected examples of high-impact work from the behavioural, oral health, and respiratory domains; (iv) some of the challenges we have encountered over time and how to overcome these; and (vi) review where we see the Study going in the future. We aim to present some of the 'back story', which is typically undocumented and oft lost to memory, and thus focus on 'know-how'. Our hope is to humanise our research, share insights, and to acknowledge the real heroes of the Study - the 1037 Study members, their families and their friends, who have collectively given so much, for so long, in the hope of helping others.

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PMID39439967
PMCPMC11459797

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