How does our childhood social environment influence how we think, feel and behave in later life? Professor Louise Phillips is part of a multi-disciplinary team of researchers led by Professor Paul Haggarty at the University of Aberdeen who have been awarded a 3-year research project grant to address this question. The research will draw upon data collected for two important longitudinal studies of individuals born in 1921 and 1936 in Aberdeen. The work has been funded as part of the ESRC/BBSRC epigenetics programme. There is more information at: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=ES/N00048X/1