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Strategic Developments

Strategic Developments. A collaborative approach from ESRC, MRC and the Wellcome Trust Committed to developing a more co-ordinated and strategic plan for the development and maintenance of UK longitudinal studies Rationale Add value to the studies through greater co-ordination

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Strategic Developments

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  1. Strategic Developments • A collaborative approach from ESRC, MRC and the Wellcome Trust • Committed to developing a more co-ordinated and strategic plan for the development and maintenance of UK longitudinal studies • Rationale • Add value to the studies through greater co-ordination • Make the most effective use of resources available • Responding to the longitudinal studies community – Joint Workshop October 2008

  2. Developing a Cohort Studies Strategy • Aim: Detail funders commitment to joint working and provide a framework for moving forward. • Initial focus of activity on a core of major cohort studies which span social science and biomedical interface: • 1946, 1958, 1970, ALSPAC, 2000, Biobank, 2012 • Principles apply to broader range of studies fund, broaden scope over time

  3. Developing a Cohort Studies Strategy • Principles • Open access to data • Promoting towards the ability to work across studies • Priorities for Joint Working • Common Governance Framework • Enhancing access to the studies • Facilitating cross cohort comparison • Training and capacity building • Engagement, Exploitation and Impact • Adding value – data linkage, methodological development, validity of measures • Developing a long term funding strategy for the studies

  4. Developing a Cohort Studies Strategy • Cohort Resources Facility Funding (£5.5m) • Provision of funds to support increased co-ordination • Help realise ambitions of the strategy • Work with the community to scope and develop co-ordination resource • National Longitudinal Studies Committee • Reconstitute to inform and support the development of a more co-ordinated and strategic approach • Central role in scoping and developing co-ordination resource

  5. Other joint activity • Issues for cross cohort, cross disciplinary working identified at the October 2008 workshop • Obesity • Mental Health • Immunity and infections • Chronic diseases • Ageing • Intergenerational health • Cohort Studies Gateway Website (launch at the beginning of May 2009) • Obesity Workshop (Wellcome Trust, March 2nd 2009)

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