Our Research

Read about important health discoveries, made possible by our volunteers. Data from our volunteers has allowed 370+ research papers so far on health conditions including mental health, cancer, chronic pain, dementia, Covid-19 and many more. Our research findings have been published in well-known journals, including Nature, Nature Genetics and Wellcome Open Research.

Our team is made up of scientists, communicators and administrators. Together, we follow a safe and secure process to allow approved researchers to carry out important health research. Researchers apply to us from institutions within Scotland as well as around the world.

You can find out more about how we approve researchers and protect our volunteers’ data in our FAQs section.


Explore by Topic

Cancer

Cancer is one of our major research topics. Check back soon for updates.

Read about our research, focused on our study called Covid-Life.

Read about our research here.

Read about our genetic research, and research looking at other diseases, both rare and common.

Researcher looking at brain scans

Read about some of our key mental health research.

Read about our Reproductive Health research here.