M. A. Hanson is Director of the Institute of Developmental Sciences, Director of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Division and the British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular Science at the University of Southampton, UK.

Laura R. Ment is Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

Donald M. Peebles is Professor of Obstetrics at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College London School of Medicine, London, UK.