{"id":2222,"date":"2010-05-04T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/research\/motherbabylab\/motherbabylab\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T13:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:25:11","slug":"motherbabylab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/research\/motherbabylab\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to UNC Mother Infant Research Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Our research studies for pregnant women and mothers with new babies help us learn about baby brain development, the effects of natural hormones, &amp; relationships between mothers and babies.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-inline\" title=\"Mother 3 H\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/research\/motherbabylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/789\/2018\/07\/7277510_ml3.jpg\" alt=\"Mother 3 H\" width=\"190\" height=\"139\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-inline\" title=\"Mother 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/research\/motherbabylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/789\/2018\/07\/4765663_ml.jpg\" alt=\"Mother 1\" width=\"207\" height=\"138\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-inline\" title=\"Mother 2 C\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/research\/motherbabylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/789\/2018\/07\/5818821_mlcropped2.jpg\" alt=\"Mother 2 C\" width=\"190\" height=\"139\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Current study:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hbcdstudy.org\/\">HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Previous studies include:<span style=\"color: #4682b4\"><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Baby Brain Development Stud<\/strong><strong>y<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Nasal Oxytocin Study<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>*Information collected in our research studies is strictly confidential*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Free parking or transportation to UNC for our studies. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Our studies are coordinated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br \/>\nand sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our research studies for pregnant women and mothers with new babies help us learn about baby brain development, the effects of natural hormones, &amp; relationships between mothers and babies. 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