Generation Scotland is a collaboration between the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, as well as NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, NHS Grampian, NHS Lothian and NHS Tayside and Public Health Scotland. Our team is currently 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. Partnership OrganisationsWe partner with various organisations to help us carry out our research and expand our impact throughout Scotland and beyond.The following partners help facilitate data linkage for our study:Health Informatics Centre, University of Dundee (HIC)Public Health Scotland (PHS)Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR)The following partners help us to spread awareness of Generation Scotland and what we do:Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO)BC PlatformsCatalogue of Mental Health MeasuresCLOSERDATAMINDDementias Platform UK (DPUK)Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)MQ Mental Health ResearchOptometry ScotlandResearch Data Scotland (RDS)Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre (UKRC TDCC)UK Longitudinal Linkage CollaborationCollaborating StudiesWe collaborate with various other health studies to share best practice, expertise and assist one another with data access and linkage. These studies include:Aberdeen Children of the Nineteen Fifties (ACONF)Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)Born in BradfordDataLochGrowing Up in Scotland (GUS)Healthy Ageing In Scotland (HAGIS)UK BiobankVIKING GenesInternational Research ConsortiaWe take part in other studies in the UK and around the world, such as:Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC)Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE)CONVALESCENCE Study (Long-Covid study)Covid Global Mental Health Consortium (CGMHC)CovidmentPsychiatric Genetics Consortium (PGC)Youth Engagement PartnersYouth Engagement | Generation Scotland Join now This article was published on 2024-07-25