Our Mission

Our vision is to improve the health and wellbeing of current and future generations through partnership between researchers and volunteers.

Generation Scotland’s mission is to create a large study reflecting the lives of people in Scotland, following individuals and their families from childhood to old age. We are committed to:

  • Supporting partnerships between our volunteers and researchers on pressing issues of health and wellbeing.
  • Combining responses to questionnaires and detailed historic NHS records with innovative laboratory science and data analytics, doing this in the safest and most secure way possible.
  • Supporting open science combined with public engagement and consultation.
  • Sharing our findings to influence health policy and improve lives. 

We aim to:

  • Represent Scottish people and communities in health research.
  • Work in partnership with volunteers to listen, understand and respond to their health priorities.
  • Provide experts with the access they need to conduct discovery science.
  • Collaborate widely to maximise the value of our research and support others in theirs.
  • Improve health knowledge and disease treatments.
  • Inform health policy through rigorous scientific evidence.