Collaborations to maximise potential
Internationally respected researchers collaborate and share
responsibility for aspects of the NSHD clinic data collection
and the LHA scientific programmes.
Collaborations with external scientists are vital for
maximising the scientific potential of the NSHD. Each LHA
programme has named collaborators. A number of these
scientists are ‘key collaborators’ who are responsible for
aspects of the scientific programmes, the collection of high
quality specialist clinical data or the provision of capacity
building fellowships.
External scientists are also principal investigators,
co-investigators, or collaborators on grants awarded by
the MRC or other funding bodies for research on the NSHD.
These proposals often include other cohort studies.
LHA staff advise on NSHD research and the data of function
across cohorts archive when bona fide researchers wish to access in
order to model the NSHD data for approved research
projects.
Current Collaborations
Collaborative grants led by LHA
Grants led by external scientists with LHA as
co-applicants
- Institute of Ageing at Newcastle University: an
inter-cohort study of the effects of biomarkers of ageing (such as
telomere length) on longevity, health and function status.
- Imperial College London and a European FP7
consortium: a study on the effects of lifetime pollution exposure
on decline in adult lung function.
- Department of Primary Health Care, Oxford
University: a study of women’s experiences of the menopause and the
development of an informative website.
- MRC Human Nutrition Research: a study of
lifetime eating behaviours and their impact on chronic disease
- London School of Hygenie and Tropical Medicine
and Birmingham University on renal function
There were also ten new grants in 2007–2008 led by external
scientists with LHA as a collaborator.
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