Find information about Generation Scotland resources and access processes. Generation Scotland combines questionnaire data on health and wellbeing across the life course with NHS health record linkage and biological measures to understand health trajectories. Working closely with participants and researchers, the study provides a rigorous, ethical, and secure platform for impactful public health research.The Generation Scotland cohort recruited participants through two main phases, GS initial recruitment (2006-2011) and NextGenScot (2022-2025) with over 40,000 participants in total. Generation Scotland is proud to be funded by the Wellcome Trust. We are based at The University of Edinburgh within the Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, MRC Institute of Genetics and Cancer, Centre for Medical Informatics and The Usher Institute.External search options for exploring our data include:CLOSER DiscoveryDementias Platfrom UK (DPUK) Data PortalSee the menus below to learn more about the data available. Explore our data Use our interactive data explorer to discover the data available in the Generation Scotland cohort. About Questionnaire Data Read about our studies and how they might help your research. About Data Linkage Since baseline recruitment completion, we have worked to link our data to health records and this has helped to greatly extend our data resources. This section details our current data as well as potential future data linkage. About Omics Data The GS cohort is a rich, world-leading multi-omics resource. We have genome-wide genotyping data for 83%, DNA methylation for 79% of participants, and proteomic data for 82% of participants. About Samples Read about our biological sample resource and how they might help your research. We welcome proposals for sample access. Make an Access Request Interested in gaining access to our research data? Read more here about requesting access and see details about our access policies. This article was published on 2024-05-06
