The Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing (NICOLA) - CAPI
Lead Research Organisation:
Queen's University of Belfast
Department Name: Centre for Public Health
Abstract
The NICOLA study will be the most detailed study on ageing ever undertaken in Northern Ireland.
NICOLA has been set up by a group of researchers in the Centre for Public Health in Queen's University Belfast.
The purpose of NICOLA is to understand the health, lifestyles and financial situation of 8,500 people as they grow older in Northern Ireland, and to see how their circumstances change over a 10-15 year period as they move into and progress beyond retirement.
The study will cover a broad set of topics relevant to a full understanding of the ageing process.
The results will then be compared to those from similar studies in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
The study is important as the population aged over 50 is the most rapidly growing group in Northern Ireland.
Not enough is known about the implications of population ageing. Until now there has not been good enough data to study the issues and therefore inform government policy on health, pensions or retirement, for example.
Key questions that this study will be designed to answer are:
What is the relationship between health and wealth?
What determines the nature and timing of retirement?
How important are household and family structures to health, wealth and quality of life?
How adequate are financial provisions for retirement, and how can policy help?
How should the government optimise the use and quality of health and social care services?
What is the nature and structure of social networks, support and participation for older people?
8500 people throughout Northern Ireland have been randomly selected to become members of this study. Study members and their partners will be interviewed in a Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) every two years in order to build up a detailed picture of how circumstances change in later life.
The NICOLA study consists of the following 3 stages: an interview, a questionnaire and a health assessment.
In this first stage, a 90 minute Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) is conducted in the participants own home at a time that suits them.
IPSOS Mori, a leading research company, have been commissioned to carry out these home interviews.
The interviewers collect information on living arrangements, children, education, income and assets, physical and mental health, employment, lifelong learning, planning for retirement, care and social support. They record this information using a computer.
Questions will be asked about health, diet, work, family and social networks, income and benefit receipts, quality of life, cognitive functioning, daily activities, housing, retirement and pensions. The affect of 'the troubles' on the lives of people will also be explored.
NICOLA study members further invited to take part in a home interview every two years and a health assessment every four years.
All participants will be provided with detailed information sheets prior to the home interview and health assessment and will have the opportunity to contact the study team directly to ask any questions they may have.
Information gathered during this study will be used to inform and plan Northern Ireland Health and Social Care provision in the future, and to design other policies targeted towards older people.
Academic researchers will also use the data to help understand important questions in health, economics and ageing. Their results will then be used to advise policy makers on how best to design policies for health and pensions and to compare the Northern Ireland population to similar populations in other countries
Everything captured in the interview is treated in strict confidence. The results will not be used in any way in which they can be associated with participants or their addresses.
All information you give will be treated in the strictest confidence and used for research purposes only.
NICOLA has been set up by a group of researchers in the Centre for Public Health in Queen's University Belfast.
The purpose of NICOLA is to understand the health, lifestyles and financial situation of 8,500 people as they grow older in Northern Ireland, and to see how their circumstances change over a 10-15 year period as they move into and progress beyond retirement.
The study will cover a broad set of topics relevant to a full understanding of the ageing process.
The results will then be compared to those from similar studies in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
The study is important as the population aged over 50 is the most rapidly growing group in Northern Ireland.
Not enough is known about the implications of population ageing. Until now there has not been good enough data to study the issues and therefore inform government policy on health, pensions or retirement, for example.
Key questions that this study will be designed to answer are:
What is the relationship between health and wealth?
What determines the nature and timing of retirement?
How important are household and family structures to health, wealth and quality of life?
How adequate are financial provisions for retirement, and how can policy help?
How should the government optimise the use and quality of health and social care services?
What is the nature and structure of social networks, support and participation for older people?
8500 people throughout Northern Ireland have been randomly selected to become members of this study. Study members and their partners will be interviewed in a Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) every two years in order to build up a detailed picture of how circumstances change in later life.
The NICOLA study consists of the following 3 stages: an interview, a questionnaire and a health assessment.
In this first stage, a 90 minute Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) is conducted in the participants own home at a time that suits them.
IPSOS Mori, a leading research company, have been commissioned to carry out these home interviews.
The interviewers collect information on living arrangements, children, education, income and assets, physical and mental health, employment, lifelong learning, planning for retirement, care and social support. They record this information using a computer.
Questions will be asked about health, diet, work, family and social networks, income and benefit receipts, quality of life, cognitive functioning, daily activities, housing, retirement and pensions. The affect of 'the troubles' on the lives of people will also be explored.
NICOLA study members further invited to take part in a home interview every two years and a health assessment every four years.
All participants will be provided with detailed information sheets prior to the home interview and health assessment and will have the opportunity to contact the study team directly to ask any questions they may have.
Information gathered during this study will be used to inform and plan Northern Ireland Health and Social Care provision in the future, and to design other policies targeted towards older people.
Academic researchers will also use the data to help understand important questions in health, economics and ageing. Their results will then be used to advise policy makers on how best to design policies for health and pensions and to compare the Northern Ireland population to similar populations in other countries
Everything captured in the interview is treated in strict confidence. The results will not be used in any way in which they can be associated with participants or their addresses.
All information you give will be treated in the strictest confidence and used for research purposes only.
Planned Impact
This project supports the Northern Ireland 'Ageing in an Inclusive Society Strategy' and the European Plan for Promotion of Active Ageing 2011.
WHO WILL BENEFIT: Older citizens of GB and Ireland; carers and commissioners; Policy makers across GB, Ireland and at EU Level; Third Sector advocates for older people; Health & Social Care practitioners; Junior researchers; the international academic community; participants of the study and their families.
HOW WILL THEY BENEFIT: The types of impact anticipated include advancing knowledge, building capacity, informing decision making, improved health and social welfare and increasing public engagement with research. Older citizens will benefit from information on best ways to: stay active, maintain physical and mental wellbeing and remain productive for longer. Policy makers need high quality information from a well characterised cohort to inform policies and incentives for example on saving, active living, economic productivity, welfare and pension planning. Practitioners and advocates need comparable information with which to better inform their lobbying activities, for example on targeting services for vulnerable older people. Information on physical and cognitive functioning and the determinants of retirement behaviour will be of benefit to the Welfare Reform Expert Advisory Group, in light of the removal of the Default Retirement Age and the associated need for updating or re-skilling of an older workforce. Junior researchers can use a long term cohort study to build up a credible body of work, for academic career progression, either to a nationally competitive Senior Research Fellowship or a tenured lectureship. Collaboration and knowledge co-production are part of the modus operandi of the UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health, (itself an embedded partnership with policy makers, practitioners, the Third Sector and the public), and are essential to maximize the impact of the work. The representation of all key stakeholders within the management and governance structure of the study will ensure that user engagement, from the outset, guides the development and impact of the work and ensure that the voice of older people is heard and that the research questions and methods are relevant to older citizens and their families. Dissemination and Outreach activities will commence even before wave 1 recruitment and analysis is complete. This will be guided by a written strategy and plan that also addresses the needs of hard- to-reach groups, but will involve a broad range of media and methods of engagement including: the development of a study website, featuring news and study relatedevent updates and linked to social networking outlets.
Printed media will be of various types including: plain English lay summaries of the research in E-zines and Newssheets
(including large print versions) which all participants and Third Sector partners will automatically receive; Briefing papers written specifically for policy makers and practitioners; "highlight" pieces for the Press; academic papers for open access and high impact peer reviewed journals.
Outreach activities will include workshops to report progress and obtain feedback from different audiences including the Third Sector and older people as part of a regular Community Stakeholder Forum, policy makers and practitioners. Results will be presented at national and international conferences. Our Centre has a track record of delivering these activities and of working with the Science Shop, the External Affairs Office and the Knowledge Exploitation Unit of the University, and the Policy Innovation Unit of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister to identify opportunities to reach out to the wider community and business sectors.
WHO WILL BENEFIT: Older citizens of GB and Ireland; carers and commissioners; Policy makers across GB, Ireland and at EU Level; Third Sector advocates for older people; Health & Social Care practitioners; Junior researchers; the international academic community; participants of the study and their families.
HOW WILL THEY BENEFIT: The types of impact anticipated include advancing knowledge, building capacity, informing decision making, improved health and social welfare and increasing public engagement with research. Older citizens will benefit from information on best ways to: stay active, maintain physical and mental wellbeing and remain productive for longer. Policy makers need high quality information from a well characterised cohort to inform policies and incentives for example on saving, active living, economic productivity, welfare and pension planning. Practitioners and advocates need comparable information with which to better inform their lobbying activities, for example on targeting services for vulnerable older people. Information on physical and cognitive functioning and the determinants of retirement behaviour will be of benefit to the Welfare Reform Expert Advisory Group, in light of the removal of the Default Retirement Age and the associated need for updating or re-skilling of an older workforce. Junior researchers can use a long term cohort study to build up a credible body of work, for academic career progression, either to a nationally competitive Senior Research Fellowship or a tenured lectureship. Collaboration and knowledge co-production are part of the modus operandi of the UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health, (itself an embedded partnership with policy makers, practitioners, the Third Sector and the public), and are essential to maximize the impact of the work. The representation of all key stakeholders within the management and governance structure of the study will ensure that user engagement, from the outset, guides the development and impact of the work and ensure that the voice of older people is heard and that the research questions and methods are relevant to older citizens and their families. Dissemination and Outreach activities will commence even before wave 1 recruitment and analysis is complete. This will be guided by a written strategy and plan that also addresses the needs of hard- to-reach groups, but will involve a broad range of media and methods of engagement including: the development of a study website, featuring news and study relatedevent updates and linked to social networking outlets.
Printed media will be of various types including: plain English lay summaries of the research in E-zines and Newssheets
(including large print versions) which all participants and Third Sector partners will automatically receive; Briefing papers written specifically for policy makers and practitioners; "highlight" pieces for the Press; academic papers for open access and high impact peer reviewed journals.
Outreach activities will include workshops to report progress and obtain feedback from different audiences including the Third Sector and older people as part of a regular Community Stakeholder Forum, policy makers and practitioners. Results will be presented at national and international conferences. Our Centre has a track record of delivering these activities and of working with the Science Shop, the External Affairs Office and the Knowledge Exploitation Unit of the University, and the Policy Innovation Unit of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister to identify opportunities to reach out to the wider community and business sectors.
Organisations
- Queen's University of Belfast (Lead Research Organisation)
- MRC Dementias Platform UK (Collaboration)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- Health and Retirement Study (Collaboration)
- Life Path Trust (Collaboration)
- University of Miami (Collaboration)
- University of Bristol (Collaboration)
- University Heart Centre Hamburg (Collaboration)
- Trinity College Dublin (Collaboration)
- CKDGen Consortium (Collaboration)
- BELFAST CITY COUNCIL (Collaboration)
- Broad Institute (Collaboration)
- University of Southern California (Collaboration)
- Global Lipids Genetic Consortium (GLGC) (Collaboration)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Collaboration)
- Government of Northern Ireland (Collaboration)
- Erasmus MC (Collaboration)
Publications
Bauermeister S
(2020)
The Dementias Platform UK (DPUK) Data Portal.
in European journal of epidemiology
Burns A
(2021)
Loneliness and Healthcare Use in Older Adults: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Cohort in Northern Ireland-A Cross-Sectional Replication Study.
in Frontiers in public health
Cappozzo A
(2022)
A blood DNA methylation biomarker for predicting short-term risk of cardiovascular events.
in Clinical epigenetics
Collins K
(2024)
Donor genetic burden for cerebrovascular risk and kidney transplant outcome
in Journal of Nephrology
Da Silva G
(2020)
Combined LC-MS and 1 H-NMR metabolomic profiling uncovers dietary biomarkers in a cohort of healthy Northern Irish older adults:
in Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
De Moraes N
(2019)
Water Dilutes and Alcohol Concentrates Urinary Arsenic Species When Food is the Dominant Source of Exposure
in Exposure and Health
| Description | Data resource now in the UK Archive and plans for improved data access for researchers and non researchers Linkage to deaths and cause of death Multiple academic outputs (listed separately) Dissemination strategy and website refresh being rolled out for Wave 2 |
| Exploitation Route | The findings in the 1st wave report are being supplemented by the second wave of data collection and the report on this will be widely available at the end of 2020 which should increase the cohort's visibility with government and should help us secure some future funding locally. |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Communities and Social Services/Policy Environment Healthcare Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Government Democracy and Justice Culture Heritage Museums and Collections Transport |
| URL | http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/NICOLA |
| Description | Report to "the Troubles" Victims Commissioner to inform policy on compensation for victims who have experienced mental health problems. Data from Waves 1 and 2 of NICOLA is supporting the ongoing work of Belfast City Council's City Innovation Team and the Smart Belfast Programme by providing robust evidence for policies and practices that provide supportive urban environments to promote healthy ageing and to facilitate the expansion of research on the epidemiology of cognitive decline and dementia. Specifically, the NICOLA data was used by Belfast Healthy Ageing Strategic Partnership (HASP) to inform an Age Friendly baseline report with the aim of compiling a picture of healthy ageing with includes evaluating their current Age-friendly Plan and for informing the development of their 2022-2025 plan. Data from NICOLA and its substudy SPACE is being used to assist in the evaluation of the effect of policies aimed at mitigating the effect of air pollution on cognitive decline and dementia. NICOLA is the only available dataset in Northern Ireland that can support this work. Through the substudy SPACE, NICOLA is helping to co-create relevant policy based evidence and solutions for the promotion of cognitive health within Alpha Housing Ltd, a specialist provider of sheltered housing to older people. The data is also been used to inform the EastSide Partnership, a social partnership with community, statutory, political and business members involved in regenerating East Belfast. End of life data collected during Waves 1 and 2 helped to inform a Department of Health policy and evaluation framework for Advance Care for Adults in Northern Ireland. The NICOLA data is being used to measure outcome and evaluation impact. Further to this, the data is being used to facilitate comparison of End of Life NICOLA data with that collected in a sister study, the Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing (TILDA) in the Republic of Ireland. NICOLA data was used by the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council Team in preparing their Sustainability Report. The use of the NICOLA data was in a response to their request for more robust comparisons of needs-based indicators in Northern Ireland. NICOLA is providing an evidence base to help inform future strategy of the Northern Ireland Frailty Network and the work of the Frailty Programme team in the Public Health Agency Northern Ireland. Findings from NICOLA are helping to inform the Eyecare Health Needs Assessment commissioned by the Prevention and Early Intervention Workstream of the Northern Ireland Eyecare Network (NIEN). Data from NICOLA is providing essential information regarding the prevalence of key eye conditions in Northern Ireland and provide an understanding of the impact of ageing on eye health and needs for health services. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
| Sector | Environment,Healthcare,Transport,Other |
| Impact Types | Societal Policy & public services |
| Description | Active participation with Public Health Agency Health Professionals to develop NI Frailty Network |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | American Federation of Aging Research (Beeson-CARDI) Research Innovation Award |
| Amount | $51,405 (USD) |
| Organisation | American Federation for Aging Research |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 01/2019 |
| Description | Beeson Fellows - CARDI Scholars Innovation Fund (Alcohol Consumption and brain health in older adults across the island of Ireland) |
| Amount | $51,405 (USD) |
| Organisation | American Federation for Aging Research |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 12/2018 |
| Description | CARDI leadership programme (Dr Joanne Feeney) - {IY} |
| Amount | £173,942 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Academia Sinica |
| Department | Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Taiwan, Province of China |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland Fellowship Scheme (Dr Charlotte Neville) - {JW) |
| Amount | £180,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Ireland |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland Research Leadership Program (Dr Charlotte Neville) - {CN} |
| Amount | £280,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Ireland |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 10/2017 |
| Description | ESRC Social Behavioural Design Research Programme. |
| Amount | £1,944,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/V016075/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 02/2024 |
| Description | Improved phenotyping of microvascular changes in diabetic retinopathy with multi-level data. |
| Amount | £200,931 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 15/0005273 |
| Organisation | Diabetes UK |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 01/2019 |
| Description | Leadership Programme in Ageing Research Fellowship (Dr Joanna McHugh) - {FK} |
| Amount | € 225,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Ireland |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Leadership Programme in Ageing Research Fellowship (Dr Mark ODoherty) - {MOD} |
| Amount | € 150,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Ireland |
| Start | 03/2014 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | Macular Society Research Grant |
| Amount | £113,860 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Macular Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2021 |
| End | 01/2023 |
| Description | Northern Ireland Research and Development Division of the Pubic Health Agency |
| Amount | £300,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | STL/4009/08 |
| Organisation | Northern Ireland HSC R&D |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 02/2018 |
| Description | SFI-DFE Investigators Programme Partnership |
| Amount | £1,747,997 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 15/IA/3152 |
| Organisation | Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Ireland |
| Start | 05/2016 |
| End | 05/2021 |
| Description | SPACE: Supportive environments for Physical and social Activity, healthy ageing and CognitivE health |
| Amount | £1,609,129 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/V016075/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 02/2024 |
| Description | US-National Institute of Health (NIH) Award |
| Amount | £1,316,531 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIA R01 AG060167-01A1 Sub Award No SUBK00010180 NIH (USA) |
| Organisation | University of Michigan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| Title | Catalogue of Mental Health Measures |
| Description | NICOLA has contributed metadata to a Catalogue of Mental Health Measures, designed by Kings College London, to compile, organise, generate and disseminate information about existing measures of mental health and wellbeing in UK cohorts and longitudinal studies. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The aim of the catalogue is to make information about mental health measures more visible and accessible to a wide group of data users from various sectors. The catalogue will facilitate work on data harmonization, cross-cohort projects and the take up of already collected mental health and wellbeing measures. |
| Title | NICOLA |
| Description | Cohort of Computer Assisted Personal Interview data on 8500 community dwelling older people (> 50 years) in Northern Ireland |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | None yet. The data base will be provided to other researchers in due course. |
| URL | https://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/CentreofExcellenceforPublicHealthNorthernIreland/Research/NIC... |
| Description | Collaboration between ELSA and TILDA study investigators with the NICOLA study team |
| Organisation | Trinity College Dublin |
| Department | The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Professor Kee, with colleagues in the UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health and others associated with the NICOLA study, are taking the lead in making a new grant application to the Welcome Trust to support a programme of future joint work related to well-being and disability in older people in the three jurisdictions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Investigators in the Centre of Excellence and associated with the NICOLA study are leading the preparation of the grant (a revision of an unsuccessful collaborative grant submission in 2015/16), with a view to submission in late 2017 |
| Impact | NICOLA researchers have led an analysis of NICOLA data on measurement imprecision in Self Reported health in the ELSA study,which has been accepted for publication in Social Science and Medicine (2017). |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Collaboration between ELSA and TILDA study investigators with the NICOLA study team |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Professor Kee, with colleagues in the UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health and others associated with the NICOLA study, are taking the lead in making a new grant application to the Welcome Trust to support a programme of future joint work related to well-being and disability in older people in the three jurisdictions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Investigators in the Centre of Excellence and associated with the NICOLA study are leading the preparation of the grant (a revision of an unsuccessful collaborative grant submission in 2015/16), with a view to submission in late 2017 |
| Impact | NICOLA researchers have led an analysis of NICOLA data on measurement imprecision in Self Reported health in the ELSA study,which has been accepted for publication in Social Science and Medicine (2017). |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Collaboration with CKDGen consortia |
| Organisation | CKDGen Consortium |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NICOLA is one of several cohorts where Belfast is coordinating EWAS for kidney disease. CKDGen leaders approached us following oral presentations at ASN 2018 and asked if we would join their consortium for several phenotypes. We have conducted association analyses as per CKDGen protocols and submitted data for meta-analysis, which is ongoing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners are coordinating EWAS studies for multiple phenotypes; Belfast is one of several primary analysis sites. |
| Impact | Our first abstract from this multidisciplinary research is planned for the CHARGE meeting in June 2019 with a manuscript to follow shortly after. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Collaboration with CLOSER, UCL Social Research Institute, London |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NICOLA has provided CLOSER with metadata. This collaboration will help maximise the use, value and impact of NICOLA by allowing researchers to find out more about NICOLA as well as other longitudinal studies across the UK. As part of the collaboration the NICOLA research team have also joined 3 Communities of Practice within CLOSER: Data Managers Network, Data Linkage Working Group and Longitudinal Communications Network |
| Collaborator Contribution | CLOSER provide us with a platform to promote the work of NICOLA . The work of CLOSER maximises the use, value and impact of longitudinal studies to help improve understanding of key social and biomedical challenges. They enable data harmonisation among studies thus allowing researchers to compare data and methodologies form different studies. Their flagship resource, called CLOSER Discovery also enables researchers to search and gain a better understanding about longitudinal research, what NICOLA is and what data we collect. CLOSER helps to stimulate interdisciplinary research, acts as a forum to address key challenges, enables the sharing of resources across studies and allows expert training and knowledge across studies. |
| Impact | The communication through CLOSER has enabled NICOLA to develop a new collaboration with the UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing Programme) for COVID-19 National Core Studies |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Collaboration with Dementias Platform UK |
| Organisation | MRC Dementias Platform UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We contribute NICOLA data to the DPUK platform to facilitate research into dementia and related health measures. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dementias Platform UK brings together Universities and others to build to implement a worldwide research programme that will address the major burden of dementias. The DPUK acts as a data portal and platform for data storage, analysis and linkage to integrate multiple cohorts (including NICOLA) for a comprehensive epidemiological research platform. |
| Impact | 14 research teams have applied to access NICOLA data via the DPUK data portal. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Collaboration with European Eye Epidemiology Group |
| Organisation | Erasmus MC |
| Department | Department of Ophthalmology |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | In the process of planning pooled analysis investigating the relationship between risk factors collected within the NICOLA cohort and age-related macular degeneration |
| Collaborator Contribution | All partners have the option to contribute to the pool analyses and partners also have the possibility of proposing and leading analyses. |
| Impact | None to date. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration with GIANT consortia |
| Organisation | Broad Institute |
| Department | The Genetic Investigation of ANthropometric Traits (GIANT) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | From the first substantial batch of NICOLA GWAS data (n=2,800 individuals) we contributed to a large-scale mega-GWAS studies with an anticipated sample size totalling 1-2 million. This project explores multiple ancestries, employ imputation to deep reference panels (1000Genomes Phase 3 for all samples and the Haplotype Reference Consortium for European-ancestry samples), and focuses on anthropometric phenotypes (GIANT; http://portals.broadinstitute.org/collaboration/giant/index.php/GIANT_consortium). Data was harmonised to the GIANT (Imputed SNPs, Age; BMI; Weight; Height; WC; Hip; WHR) consortia guidelines and submitted May 2017. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The GIANT consortia have established the analysis protocol and brought together international researchers in the largest study performed to date. |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration with GLGC consortia |
| Organisation | Global Lipids Genetic Consortium (GLGC) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | From the first substantial batch of NICOLA GWAS data (n=2,800 individuals) we contributed to alarge-scale mega-GWAS studies with an anticipated sample size totalling 1-2 million. This project explores multiple ancestries, imputation to deep reference panels (1000Genomes Phase 3 for all samples and the Haplotype Reference Consortium for European-ancestry samples), and focuses on lipid phenotypes (GLGC; http://lipidgenetics.org/). Data was harmonised to the GLGC (Imputed SNPs, Age; TC; LDL-C; HDL-C; TG) consortia guidelines and submitted May 2017. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The GLGC consortia have brought together international researchers worldwide to established this resource with harmonised analysis protocols and quality control. |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration with Gateway to Global Aging (G2G) |
| Organisation | University of Southern California |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NICOLA has uploaded metadata to the Gateway to Global Aging and will be moving forward with depositing data into the portal to facilitate cross country comparative research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Gateway to Global Aging Data is a National Institute on Aging (NIA) funded data and information platform that has been developed to facilitate longitudinal and cross-country analyses on aging using the Health and Retirement Study and its international network of studies. The network of studies are studies from across 47 countries that are nationally-representative, longitudinal, multidisciplinary, and publicly available surveys, one of which is the NICOLA study. The purpose of the Gateway is to serve as a data and information hub for NICOLA that will facilitate cross country comparison on topics related to ageing. The Gateway will work with our data team to produce harmonized data files which are comparably defined and research-ready variables that incorporate data from all available waves. To facilitate global aging research, the Gateway has established a new data platform, the Gateway to Global Aging Data Enclave, hereinafter "Gateway Enclave". This enclave will facilitate approved projects in accessing data sources including the NICOLA data. |
| Impact | Not known as yet. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Collaboration with HRS |
| Organisation | Health and Retirement Study |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | NIH RO1 grant submitted October 2017 along with HRS and TILDA researchers, ultimately unsuccessful |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joint grant writing effort |
| Impact | Unsuccessful RO1 application to NIH, we aim to resubmit in July 2018. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Collaboration with HRS Harmonization projects |
| Organisation | Health and Retirement Study |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration with longitudinal studies of Ageing throughout the world |
| Collaborator Contribution | Yearly meetings and dissemination of research outputs |
| Impact | Yearly reports |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Collaboration with International Age-related macular degeneration Genomics Consortium |
| Organisation | University of Miami |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Submission of genetic data to a pooled analysis GWAS on early AMD. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Genetic and appropriate co-variate data were submitted to the pooled analysis genome-wide association study investigating determinants of early age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and the relationships with late AMD |
| Impact | Genome-wide association meta-analysis for early age-related macular degeneration highlights novel loci and insights for advanced disease. Winkler TW, Grassmann F, Brandl C, Kiel C, Günther F, Strunz T, Weidner L, Zimmermann ME, Korb CA, Poplawski A, Schuster AK, Müller-Nurasyid M, Peters A, Rauscher FG, Elze T, Horn K, Scholz M, Cañadas-Garre M, McKnight AJ, Quinn N, Hogg RE, Küchenhoff H, Heid IM, Stark KJ, Weber BHF. BMC Med Genomics. 2020 Aug 26;13(1):120. doi: 10.1186/s12920-020-00760-7. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Collaboration with LIFEPATH |
| Organisation | Life Path Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | We have agreed to submit our methylation data for ongoing analysis within the LifePath project (https://www.lifepathproject.eu/) for meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association data for SES (using education as a proxy). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The aim of the LIFEPATH project is to investigate the biological pathways underlying social differences in healthy ageing. To fulfil such a purpose, LIFEPATH members will address four specific objectives: to show that healthy ageing is an achievable goal for society, as it is already experienced by individuals of high socio-economic status (SES); to improve the understanding of the mechanisms through which healthy ageing pathways diverge by SES, by investigating life-course biological pathways using omic technologies; to examine the consequences of the current economic recession on health and the biology of ageing (and the consequent increase in social inequalities); to provide updated, relevant and innovative evidence for healthy ageing policies. |
| Impact | Aging (Albany NY) . 2019 Apr 14;11(7):2045-2070. doi: 10.18632/aging.101900. Socioeconomic position, lifestyle habits and biomarkers of epigenetic aging: a multi-cohort analysis The role of epigenetic clocks in explaining educational inequalities in mortality: a multi-cohort study and meta-analysis. Fiorito G, Pedron S, Ochoa-Rosales C, McCrory C, Polidoro S, Zhang Y, Dugué PA, Ratliff S, Zhao WN, McKay GJ, Costa G, Solinas MG, Mullan Harris K, Tumino R, Grioni S, Ricceri F, Panico S, Brenner H, Schwettmann L, Waldenberger M, Matias-Garcia PR, Peters A, Hodge A, Giles GG, Schmitz LL, Levine M, Smith JA, Liu Y, Kee F, Young IS, McGuinness B, McKnight AJ, van Meurs J, Voortman T, Kenny RA, Vineis P, Carmeli C. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2022 Feb 17:glac041. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glac041. Online ahead of print. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Collaboration with University Heart Center Hamburg Clinic for General and Interventional Cardiology, University of Hamburg |
| Organisation | University Heart Centre Hamburg |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | The NICOLA team have sent samples of plasma fm NICOLA participants to the laboratory of Professor Zeller in Hamburg to ensure the measurement of a range of biomarkers. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Professor Zeller is providing her laboratories and her own expertise to the assay of our NICOLA participants' plasma samples |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Collaboration with the Department for Communities (Ni Ireland Government) |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Communities |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Members of the NICOLA team, along with other academics in Queens University, have collaborated the Department for Communities to review literature on the best measures of well-being and life satisfaction suitable for use with people who have disabilities. Life satisfaction if a key outcome measure for the Northern Ireland "Programme for Government". It has been agreed that the chosen outcome measure will be piloted within the second wave of he NICOLA study. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Kee contributed academically to the inter-sectoral Steering Group that has assess the suitability of different quality of life and well-being scales that could be used with people who have a disability |
| Impact | The chosen scale will be piloted in the second wave of NICOLA and used subsequently to monitor progress against a key government target. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration with the Irish Longitudinal Study of Aging |
| Organisation | Trinity College Dublin |
| Department | Mercers Institute for Successful Ageing |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are leading a new grant application for a Collaborative Science Award to the Wellcome Trust in association with the TILDA study led by TCD |
| Collaborator Contribution | TCD are equal partners in the new Program Grant application to the Wellcome Trust |
| Impact | Multidisiciplinary: Social Sciences, gerontology, epidemiology, mixed methods, nutrition. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Collaboration with the NIA Biomarker Network |
| Organisation | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Department | National Institute on Aging |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The Biomarker Network is a National Institute of Aging sponsored project to develop an interdisciplinary group of scientists dedicated to improved measurement of biological risk for late life health outcomes in large representative samples of populations. We are participating in several studies to determine the best approach to measure and harmonise biomarker data in longitudinal / large population cohorts. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners bring combined expertise in biomarker measurement, analysis, harmonisation and longitudinal cohorts. |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Healthy Ageing Strategic Partnership - Age Friendly Belfast |
| Organisation | Belfast City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | NICOLA data was used to inform the content of the Belfast Age Friendly Report 2022 as part of the Healthy Ageing Strategic Partnership (HASP). |
| Collaborator Contribution | HASP aims to have an effective partnership, which delivers the Age-friendly Belfast plan and enables older people to influence the planning and design of services which meet their needs. HASP has confirmed their support to NICOLA, specifically in relation to a strand of research investigating the role of supportive urban environments to promote physical activity, healthy ageing and cognitive health. HASP has confirmed commitment to attend workshops events being hosted by NICOLA and the NICOLA-SPACE team. HASP also support a number of doctoral students and masters dissertations. HASP co-ordinate delivery of the Age friendly Belfast Plan, provide a lead on ageing issues in Belfast and overview city plans relating to issues for older people, provide a source of intelligence and networking on ageing in Belfast, highlight emerging matters that affect older people, lead and report on healthy ageing for the Belfast Health Development Unit. |
| Impact | Belfast Age Friendly Report, 2022 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC) |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NICOLA joined the UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration in March 2021. The UK LLC was designed to allow large population based studies such as NICOLA to fully contribute to the national research programme and policy development in response to the pandemic. As a requirement of joining this national research effort, NICOLA transferred COVID-19 relevant data along with selected data collected prior to the pandemic into a single secure research environment within the University of Bristol and supported by the University of Swansea. By doing so this helped to build scale and numbers across diverse population groups, occupations and other factors associated with COVID-19 risk and recovery, from all over the UK. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The purpose of the UK LLC research database is to host and process de-identified data from many UK Longitudinal Population Studies and to manage the linkage and integration of these data to participants routine health and administrative records and data about the environment in which they live; and to create data linkage opportunities for use by Authorised researchers to inform future research projects. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | US-I: University of Southern California |
| Organisation | University of Southern California |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Prof Crimmins is PI of the USA component of this project, complementing our NI component led by Prof McKnight. This is important as it facilitates access to HRS data and multicentre datasets to complement our local NICOLA data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Prof Crimmins is PI of the USA component of this project, complementing our NI component led by Prof McKnight. This is important as it facilitates access to HRS data and multicentre datasets to complement our local NICOLA data. |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | 13th European Nutrition Conference, Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) 2019 on 15 - 18 October in Dublin, Ireland. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Charlotte Neville (on behalf of the NICOLA nutrition research team) on "Relative validity of fruit and vegetable intakes estimated from a food frequency questionnaire: the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing". Presentation highlighted ongoing work of the nutrition research team within NICOLA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 30th Alzheimer's Europe Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation given entitled "Assessing the effect of prescription rate of anticholinergic medications on cognitive decline". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Antim will be greyer than NI average by 2037 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This article appeared in numerous local newspapers across the province, including the Belfast Telegraph - under various headings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Beeson and Centre for Ageing Research in Ireland Fellows International Scientific Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | In an event (28th Nov 2017) co-sponsored by our partners in the Institute of Public Health in Ireland, Professor Young, previously the NICOLA study PI and now Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Health, gave an overview of the study progress to an audience of international scientific leaders in ageing research from the US and to the CARDI-Beeson Fellows and others. There was stimulating exchange of ideas for future avenues of research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.publichealth.ie/news/other-news/sharing-ageing-research-beeson-and-cardi-fellows-interna... |
| Description | Biennial British and Irish Longitudinal Studies of Aging conference, Belfast. 8th November |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Kee, as Scientific Director of the NICOLA Study, welcomed the Minister for the Department of Communities from the Stormont Devolved Administration to open the 3rd biennial conference of the British and Irish Longitudinal Studies Group at Riddell Hall in Queens University Belfast. it provided an opportunity to meet with scientists from the TILDA, ELSA and HAGIS studies, to share findings and to have a dialogue with practitioners and policy makers about the aging research agenda. The Minster , and subsequently the Commissioner for Older People (NI) commended the NICOLA study as a vital piece of research infrastructure to support future policy in Northern Ireland to improve the wellbeing of our older citizens. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.research.hscni.net/event/8-9-nov-2016-british-and-irish-longitudinal-studies-conference |
| Description | Blog contribution on Ageing Issues (British Society of Gerontology) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Blog by Dr Paula Devine on 'Very pleased to meet you, NICOLA: understanding ageing in Northern Ireland, Ageing Issues (British Society of Gerontology), on 1 Dec 2017 https://ageingissues.wordpress.com/2017/12/01/very-pleased-to-meet-you-nicola-understanding-ageing-in-northern-ireland/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Blog entitled 'Very pleased to meet you, NICOLA: understanding ageing in Northern Ireland', QPol |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog given by Dr Paula Devine 'Very pleased to meet you, NICOLA: understanding ageing in Northern Ireland, QPol, 4 Dec 2017 http://qpol.qub.ac.uk/nicola-understanding-ageing-northern-ireland/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | CLOSER - UKRI Infrastructure Roadmap Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This meeting was intended to update the community on the activities of UKRI, and their place in it, and to discuss the current opportunity for the community to put forward their views and to shape the UK research strategy. The aim was to develop a long-term research and innovation infrastructure roadmap that will showcase the existing capability within the UK and highlight the long-term strategic opportunities for research and innovation infrastructure. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Engaging with the GAA to raise awareness of the NICOLA study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dialogue at a workshop to raise awareness and plan future engagement events later in 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Epigenomics workshop - three countries - harmonisation of DNAm for cross-country / multicentre comparisons |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Workshop bringing together the teams working on epigenetic data in three global longitudinal aging studies: HRS (Health and Retirement study, USA), TILDA (The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Ireland) and NICOLA (Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Northern Ireland). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Healio Optometry News covered an abstract I presented at ARVO 2017 in Baltimore |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Healio Optometry News covered an abstract showing that some retinal lesions show distinct spatial patterns in healthy eyes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.healio.com/optometry/retina-vitreous/news/online/%7B890103e8-9bd7-4ceb-a32b-af9132a10f7a... |
| Description | Invited Member of Our Future Health Scientific Advisory Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This is the advisory board for a national strategic population-based project, which will inform how the project is developed to best support researcher across a range of disciplines, including industrial collaborators and practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited presentation for Nature vs Nurture - unravelling the role of epigenetics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at 25 year anniversary event, helping explain how epigenetics extends our understanding of environmental variables / impacts getting under our skin to influence health outcomes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://folkhalsan.fi/en/knowledge/research/genetics/group-groop/ |
| Description | Invited speaker at All-Ireland Frailty Network virtual event "Stepping Forward with Confidence" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to speak on Frailty research being conducted in NICOLA. Presentation was entitled "Frailty in NICOLA" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited speaker at Annual British Geriatric Society Meeting: "Longitudinal Studies of Ageing" session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to give a presentation to provide an overview of NICOLA as part of the session on Longitudinal Studies of Ageing. Generated interest and promoted the profile of the NICOLA data resource. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited speaker at Digital Leaders Conferences as part of the Digital Leaders Week June 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker to present at the session on "an Ageing Society" as part of Digital Leaders Week. Presentation was entitled: NICOLA Study - Understanding today for a healthier tomorrow. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited speaker at Frailty Network Northern Ireland Working Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Charlotte Neville, Senior Research Fellow on the NICOLA study was invited to speak at the Frailty working group to highlight the ongoing research in NICOLA, specifically related to frailty. The presentation sparked a lot of discussion and resulted in a further invitation to speak at a larger Frailty Conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Invited speaker at Northern Ireland Frailty Network conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation delivered by Dr Charlotte Neville which provided an overview of ongoing public health research on ageing in Northern Ireland. Presentation generated a lot of discussion and interest in the type of data collected in NICOLA and the findings of NICOLA particularly in relation to frailty measures. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Invited speaker at TILDA Scientific Conference, Westport, Co.Mayo, Ireland, 2-3rd May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Charlotte Neville (invited speaker) from the NICOLA nutrition research team invited to speak on "Dietary intake measurements of older adults in NI: NICOLA" Purpose was to provide an overview of dietary methods being used within NICOLA and validation techniques. The research highlighted the potential role of diet in healthy ageing and the importance of dietary validation studies in older adults. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited speaker at the Frailty Network Northern Ireland Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Miss Mische McKelvie (final year PhD student) presented findings from her PhD which examined Frailty in Older Adults in Northern Ireland. Mische presented key findings from the NICOLA study relating to frailty and proposed several recommendations in light of the findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Invited talk at the International Meeting on Biological Risk in Population Surveys in Austin, Texas: Dr AJ McKnight on behalf of the NICOLA collaborative team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Update on progress with epigenetic comparisons and technical evaluations of arrays (27K, 450K, EPIC) and source material under different storage conditions to optimise future studies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited talk at the NIA sponsored Biomarker Network Meeting in Austin, Texas: Dr AJ McKnight on behalf of the NICOLA collaborative team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Update from NICOLA: on behalf of the NICOLA collaborative team |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Keynote speaker / Plenary at Diabetes UK's annual conference 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Nature vs Nurture debate at plenary session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.diabetes.org.uk/diabetes-uk-professional-conference/conference-information |
| Description | Launch of a commissioned report from the UKCRC Centre of Excellence on disability from cardiovascular diseases in Ireland, for the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Kee and his post doctoral Fellow Dr Sharon Cruise jointly authored and presented a special report on disability related to cardiovascular diseases in Ireland, sponsored by CARDI (http://www.cardi.ie/) It attracted interest and dialogue from practitioners and from advocacy champions such as the Institute of Public Health in Ireland After my presentation, CARDI welcomed the findings and urged further research on this topic within the NICOLA Study. CARDI aranged a national press release to raise the profile of the findings and Kee gave some interviews with local broadcasters. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.cardi.ie/sites/default/files/FINAL%20Disability%20heart%20brief%20low%20res%20%281%29.pdf |
| Description | Member of the Life and Health Sciences Committee multidisciplinary committee of the Royal Irish Academy for the June 2022-2026 term |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This is a 4 year term appointment. The Life and Medical Sciences Committee is an all-island multidisciplinary committee formed in September 2014. The committee's membership represents academia, industry, media, and other interest groups. The primary functions of the committee are to address issues of national and international interest through a programme of work, advise the Academy on the formation of policy and act as the national adhering organisation for international unions including the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) and the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS). The committee has a varied programme of works ranging from lectures, expert statements on issues of national and international importance, and special events focusing on topical issues. This work enables the committee to engage with the wider scholarly community, policy makers and the general public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Newspaper Interview - NICOLA - {MOD} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview highlighting Dr O'Doherty's research in the context of the wider NICOLA project encouraging uptake of participants from the North West/Derry area Potentially increased acceptance of participation in study if randomly selected |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.derryjournal.com/news/derry-academic-leads-study-into-ageing-in-north-1-6367446 |
| Description | Oral presentation given at the 66th IGS Annual Scientific Meeting, Cavan, Ireland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to give an oral presentation on 'Frailty and Disability in Ireland North and South: Preliminary Evidence from TILDA and NICOLA' on 29th Sept 2018. The talk generated discussion and ideas for future research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Oral presentation given at the Annual Conference of the Public Health Agency N.Ireland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to give an oral presentation on 'Frailty and Disability in Ireland North and South: Preliminary Evidence from TILDA and NICOLA'. The talk generated discussion and ideas for future related work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Over-50s hold key to future health of the north |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | article appered in one of Belfast's leading readership papers - the Irish News |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar - UKRI Population Research Resource Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | ESRC, MRC and the Wellcome Trust hosted an invited workshop to examine the need for a new resource to help maximise the use of data and samples from longitudinal population research studies and to develop and support best practice across studies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Policy Forum for Northern Ireland: Improving Care for Older People |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A member of the NICOLA study Stakeholder Forum, Dr Roger O'Sullivan (Institute of Public Health in Ireland), was the first platform speaker at this Northern Ireland Policy Forum conference (01/03/16). In his opening remarks he choose to highlight the importance of population based research and specifically the value of the NICOLA study, for policy makers to better understand and prioritize and plan for older persons needs in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| URL | http://www.policyforumforni.co.uk/forums/index.php?fid=policy_forum_for_northern_ireland |
| Description | Population Study Epigenetics and Genomics Working Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Working group created to optimise epigenetic analyses across multiple international cohorts, with an emphasis on harmonised EPIC arrays for DNA methylation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| Description | Poster presentation at Irish Gerontological Society conference, Cavan, Ireland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Moderated poster presentation at the Irish Geronotological Society conference, Cavan, 28 Sept 2018. Poster entitled 'Older men and their social connections: first findings from the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing (NICOLA). Poster presentation generated discussion and ideas for future work. Poster abstract has since been published in Age and Ageing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Poster presentation at Nutrition Society Annual Meeting (Irish Section), Queen's University Belfast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented a poster entitled "Validation of a food frequency questionnaire for assessing fruit and vegetable intake in older adults" at the Nutrition Society Annual Irish Section Meeting held at QUB, June 2017. The presentation generated questions and discussion afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Poster presentation at the International Congress for Aging, Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, July 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Poster presented on NICOLA dietary validation study entitled "Validity of fruit and vegetable intake assessed by a food frequency questionnaire in older adults". Poster generated interest and questions from the delegates and generated discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation (CARDI International Training Program on Dementia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards Generated further contact from other researchers in the field of ageing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Presentation at 13th European Nutrition Conference, Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS), 15 - 18 October in Dublin, Ireland. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Goncalo Rosas da Silva on behalf of NICOLA nutrition research team on the topic "Combined LCMS and HNMR metabolomic profiling uncovers dietary biomarkers in a cohort of healthy Northern Irish older adults." Aim of presentation was promote NICOLA and to highlight novel dietary validation work being conducted as part of NICOLA. Generated a lot of discussion within the audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at 16th NuGO conference, Bern, Switzerland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by Goncalo da Silva (on behalf of dietary research group within NICOLA) on "Novel dietary biomarker candidates identified through a combined NMR and LCMS metabolomics approach". Generated plenty of discussion and ideas for further research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at 19th International Symposium on Toxicity Assessment - ISTA19, Greece, 25th-30th August 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Natalia de Moraes on behalf of the NICOLA nutrition research team. Talk entitled "Arsenic exposure in relation to diet and geography in adults higher than 50 years from Northern Ireland". Arsenic exposure has been associated with increased cancer risk, even when exposure occurs at low levels. Previous work has shown potential associations of high arsenic concentrations in soils with stomach cancer in some regions of Northern Ireland. This work explored the association between arsenic exposure and diet and geography in NICOLA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at 22nd European Society for Patient Adherence, Compliance and Persistence (ESPACOMP) conference, Dublin |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given on 'Evaluation of adherence to antihypertension medications using dried blood spot approach. Audience primarily health professionals, medical academia and researchers. Talk generated discussion and interest. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at 47th European Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy, European Society of Clinical Pharmacy, Belfast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given on 'Assessment of patient adherence to long term medications within a large pharmacoepidemiological study using the dried blood spot technique'. Presentation generated questions and ideas for future work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given on "Application of LCMS based metabolomics to identify and validate nutritional biomarkers in a cohort of Northern Irish Older Adults". Presentation given by Goncalo Rosas da Silva on behalf of NICOLA study. Purpose was to describe a novel method for assessing dietary intake and validating nutritional biomarkers in older adults. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at 6th General Assembly of the Marie Curie Alumni Assoiciation Vienna |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation given on "Assessing adherence to the Mediterranean diet: new tools, biomarkers and associations with healthy ageing". Generated much discussion and interest. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at American Society of Nephrology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given on "Genetic and epigenetic analysis in genes affecting mitochondrial function are associated with chronic kidney disease in an older population". Audience of health professionals, academics and researchers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at American Society of Nephrology, San Diego, California |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given on "An investigation into the DNA methylation patterns of chronic kidney disease in older individuals." Audience was primarily public health practitioners and scientific bodies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at British Geriatrics Society Conference, Belfast 31st January 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation by Dr Alan McMichael, on behalf of the NICOLA Cognitive Health research team, entitled "Dementia analytics: Using big data to understand dementia in Northern Ireland. Audience were interested in the NICOLA study and the value of the cognitive data collected. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation at British and Irish Longitudinal Studies Conference, University of Stirling |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Bridin McDaid, PhD student working on NICOLA data. Title of presentation was "Quantifying and characterising food supplement and botanical food supplement use in the older adult population of Northern Ireland: insights from the NICOLA study". The intended purpose of the presentation was to provide an overview of the key findings from the research and to generate discussion with other longitudinal studies regarding future avenues and ideas of work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at British and Irish Longitudinal Studies of Ageing Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Charlotte Neville, on behalf of the NICOLA nutrition research team and Dr Claire McEvoy, entitled "Alcohol patterns and cognitive performance among older adults living in the North and South of Ireland." The purpose of the presentation was to highlight the research being conducted by the nutrition research team within NICOLA (and TILDA) regarding the association between alcohol intake and cognitive function in older adults. The presentation generated a lot of discussion and ideas to further this research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation at British and Irish Longitudinal Studies of Ageing Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Frances Burns, on behalf of NICOLA, entitled "Data Linkage in the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing". Purpose of the talk was to provide an overview of the Data linkage processes currently being used within NICOLA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation at British and Irish Longitudinal Studies of Ageing Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Alan McMichael, on behalf of the NICOLA cognitive research team, entitled "Assessing the relationship between anticholinergic medication and cognition: a retrospective analysis using data from the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing". The talk generated a lot of discussion and interest from other longitudinal studies conducting similar research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation at British and Irish Longitudinal Studies of Ageing Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Charlotte Neville/ Dr Paula Devine, on behalf of the NICOLA Social Research team, entitled "Loneliness and social isolation among older people in N.Ireland - results from Wave 1 of NICOLA." The purpose of the presentation was to highlight results from NICOLA in relation to the prevalence of loneliness and social isolation and factors affecting levels of loneliness and social isolation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation at British and Irish Longitudinal Studies of Ageing Meeting, 3rd-4th Feb 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Ruth Hogg, on behalf of the NICOLA Eye Health research team, entitled "Tests for association of retinal microvascular parameters with impaired renal function in NICOLA." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation at CHARMS event: Health costs of war and trauma workshop, Riddell Hall, QUB, Belfast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on "Work disability and the Northern Irish Troubles" which generated discussion and future planning around this topic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at CHARMS event: Health costs of war and trauma workshop, Riddell Hall, QUB, Belfast, 18th June 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Michael Duffy, on behalf of NICOLA socio-economic research team, entitled "The mental health consequences and costs of the N.Ireland conflict." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at CLOSER Longitudinal Communications Network, University College London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation entitled "NICOLA Study - Understanding today for a healthier tomorrow" given to other members of the CLOSER longitudinal communications network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation at Care Home Event hosted by School of Nursing and Midwifery, QUB, "Enhancing safety, quality and experience of residents in care homes". |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited as a speaker to present on "Ageing in N.Ireland - the NICOLA study" to care home staff from across N.Ireland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at Centre for Health Research at the Management School Annual workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I presented my research at the inaugural Centre for Health Research at the Management School (QUB) workshop to a varied audience made up of policymakers, politicians, other academic staff (from UK and Ireland), staff from other health agencies (e.g. PHA) and members of the public. My presentation sparked interest from quite a few of those in attendance and queries from a political party health policy team. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.qucharms.co.uk/annual-workshop.html |
| Description | Presentation at EASD Eye Complications Study Group - Amsterdam, Netherlands, 16th - 18th May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Nicola Quinn, on behalf of the NICOLA Eye Health research team, entitled "Clinical characteristics of the peripheral retina in people with diabetes". The purpose of the presentation was to present findings regarding the frequency of retinal haemorrhages in the central and peripheral retina using ultra-wide field retinal images of those participants of NICOLA who either self reported diabetes or have haemoglobin A1c levels of 6/5% and greater. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at European Eye Epidemiology E3 Congress, QUB, Belfast - June 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Paul McCann, on behalf of the NICOLA Eye Health research team, entitled "Glaucoma in the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing: Prevalence of glaucoma and factors associated with glaucoma and glaucoma related parameters." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at European Eye Epidemiology E3 Congress, QUB, Belfast, 6th-7th June 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Paul McCann, on behalf of the NICOLA Eye health research team, entitled "Glaucoma in the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing: Prevalence of glaucoma and factors associated with glaucoma and glaucoma related parameters". Presentation generated a lot of interest and questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at Faculty of Public Health summer meeting (meeting of the Royal College of Physicians Ireland) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given on 'Harmful and hazardous drinking amongst older people: risk and protective factors'. Audience of public health professionals and practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at Health & Retirement Study Annual Conference, Michigan, US |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation delivered by Prof Bernadette McGuinness with the aim of providing an update on the NICOLA Harmonised Cognitive Assessment Protocol to other studies conducting the same protocol in various other countries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at Health and Retirement Study Around the World Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation entitled "Understanding today for a Healthier Tomorrow - the NICOLA study. Presentation provided an overview of the design of NICOLA, data collection methods and data access. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation at Integrating Genomics and the Social Sciences, Boulder, Colorado |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given on 'An investigation into the DNA methylation patterns of risk and time preference in older individuals'. Presentation generated discussion and ideas for further research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at Irish Clinical Academic Training Programme Annual Retreat |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to present findings and overview of research examining "Early life stress, cognitive resiliance and ageing: the ELECTRA study" which is based on results from NICOLA . |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation at Irish Postgraduate and Early Career Economics Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation of research at the Irish Postgraduate and Early Career Economics Conference. The audience was made up of PhD students and academics form universities across Ireland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.irisheconomy.ie/index.php/2018/04/26/irish-postgraduate-and-early-career-economics-worksh... |
| Description | Presentation at Joint Public Health Annual Conference 2019 'Innovation in Public Health' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by Dr Claire McEvoy, on behalf of the NICOLA Nutrition Research team, entitled "Alcohol patterns and cognitive performance among older adults living in the North and South of Ireland". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at Joint Public Health Annual Conference, Belfast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation entitled "Frailty and Falls in Ireland North and South: Preliminary evidence from TILDA and NICOLA. Generated discussion and interest in the NICOLA study |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at Metabolomics, 16th International Conference of the Metabolomics Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Presented a poster based on analysis of NICOLA biological samples entitled "Discovery of metabolite biomarkers of dietary assessment in the serum, plasma and saliva of older adults." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation at NERI Labour Market Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the 6th Annual NERI Labour Conference at NUI Galway. The NERI Labour Market conference brings together academics, policymakers and others to discuss the labour market issues facing Ireland, North and South. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.nerinstitute.net/blog/2018/05/25/presentations-from-the-6th-annual-neri-labour-mark/ |
| Description | Presentation at NERI Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on "Why are disability rates in Northern Ireland so high". Presentation given by Dr Paula Devine from the Social Environment research group within NICOLA. Presentation generated a lot of discussion and prompted ideas for further research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at NICRN Vision Conference, Belfast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation highlighting vision related research being conducted in NICOLA. Presentation entitled "Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) for the detection of glaucoma in GwNICOLA". Presentation by Paul McCann from the retinal research group in NICOLA. Presentation sparked interest and further discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at Nutrition Society Irish Section Postgraduate Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited to give an overview of NICOLA research entitled "Characterising food supplement and botanical food supplement use in the older adult population: the NICOLA study |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at Queens University Economics Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of my research at the weekly Economics seminar in Queens University Belfast. The audience was made up of academics from the Economics department and PhD students from within Queens Management School. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at The Association For Research in Vision and Opthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation entitled ""Association of lipid lowering drugs, antidiabetic drugs, non-steroidal ani-inflammatory drugs, and levodopa with age related macular degeneration in Europeans: a meta-analysis of the European Eye Epidemiology Consortium". Purpose was to present findings from this research to academics and health professionals from across the world. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology - Vancouver - 28 April - 2nd May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Sophia Halliday on behalf of the NICOLA vision research team entitled "Clinical characteristics of diabetes and diabetic retinopahy in an ageing population : the NICOLA study". Purpose was to present findings of research which examined the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and maculopathy among people with diabetes from NICOLA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology - Vancouver - 28th April - 2nd May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Catherine Jamison, on behalf of the NICOLA Eye Health research team, entitled "Prevalence and severity of macular holes in an ageing population from Northern Ireland." The purpose of the presentation was to present findings of research which determined the prevalence and stage of severity of macular holes in patients who participated in NICOLA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2743647&resultClick=1 |
| Description | Presentation at The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology - Vancouver - 28th April - 2nd May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Ruth Hogg on behalf of the NICOLA eye health research team entitled "Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in NICOLA participants using colour fundus photography (CFP) and spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT)." Purpose was to present evidence from NICOLA which is the largest epidemiological study to date examining the burden of AMD in Northern Ireland and one of a few worldwide that has included OCT grading of AMD. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2741143&resultClick=1 |
| Description | Presentation at The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology - Vancouver - 28th April - 2nd May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Nicola Quinn, on behalf of the NICOLA Eye health research team, entitled "Comparison of colour fundus photography and ultra wide field retinal imaging in the detection of choroidal naevi in an ageing population". The purpose of the presentation was to present findings of research which determined the prevalence of choroidal naevi in a population based sample of ageing individuals in Northern Ireland and compare their detection using ultra-wide field retinal imaging and colour fundus photography. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at The British and Irish Longitudinal Studies Conference at University of Stirling |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation delivered by Dr Leeanne O'Hara to provide an overview of the NICOLA Harmonised Cognitive Assessment Protocol to representatives from other British and Irish Longitudinal Studies including the Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing, The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and the Healthy Ageing in Scotland Study. The conferences helped with the discussion and planning of future research in ageing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at The Gerontological Society for Ageing 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Results of the NICOLA study presented to delegates. Talk was entitled "Does loneliness lead to increased healthcare use in older adults?" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation at The International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 17-20 May 2021, London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk given based on NICOLA data entitled "Fast 3 dimensional estimation of the Foveal Avascular Zone from OCTA" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://i2mtc2021.ieee-ims.org |
| Description | Presentation at the Association for Geographic Information 15th Annual Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Online/virtual Presentation entitled "SPACE: Geoportal factors in cognitive health outcomes". Presentation provided an overview of analysis and findings from the NICOLA substudy SPACE. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at the British Society of Gerontology 47th Annual Conference, Manchester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on 'Older men and social connectedness in Northern Ireland: first findings from NICOLA, British Society of Gerontology 47th Annual Conference, Manchester, 4-6 July 2018. Presentation generated questions and discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at the European Eye Epidemiology E3 Congress, QUB, Belfast, 6th-7th June 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Frank Kee entitled "The NICOLA Study". Purpose of the talk was to provide an overview of NICOLA and highlight the novel aspects of the study in relation to eye health measurements. Generated interest in NICOLA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at the Joint Public Health Conference "Healthy Planet, Healthy People" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Virtual presentation entitled "Compositional statistics and complex heatmaps, tools for understanding environmental public health trends". The presentation provided an overview of some of the methods being used to examine data from the NICOLA study. The overview generated plenty of discussion and questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at the Nutrition Society Irish Section Postgraduate Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Oral Presentation by PhD student entitled " Characterising food supplement and botanical food supplement use in the older adult population of Northern Ireland: The Nicola Study". Generated discussion with postgraduate students from other Universities across the UK and Ireland who were present at the meeting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at the SPACE Timecapsule Event, MAC Art Gallery Belfast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation entitled "Cognitive and long term health outcomes and environmental data collation and analysis". Presentation provided an overview of some of the work being conducted in the NICOLA substudy SPACE. Generated a lot of interest among those attending the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation made by Kee at a Northern Ireland Policy Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Permanent Secretary of the Department for Infrastructure (NI) is the senior civil servant responsible for leading on policy development across all Stormont government departments, and Kee was invited by him to present an overview of the value of the NICOLA study to policy making in NI at the Policy Champions Network event on 26th October 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation to the Delivering Social Change Board and Junior Government Minister about the NICOLA study progress and potential |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Kee gave a presentation to the Delivering Social Change Program Board to raise the profile and potential of the NICOLA study to influence policy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Presentations made by members of the NICOLA scientific team at the launch of the report of the initial findings of the 1st Wave of the NICOLA CAPI survey. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The NICOLA Scientific team presented the initial findings of the 1st wave of the CAPI survey. The Commissioner for Older people also joined with the NICOLA scientific team in highlighting the importance of the findings and a senior civil servant (Ms Bernie Rooney, Head of the Social Inclusion Unit at the Department for Communities) and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Health (Professor Young) made responses to the findings and highlighted the importance of the study to policy making.Professor Kee on behalf of the NICOLA team gave two broadcast interviews ((BBC Northern Ireland and Radio Foyle) higlighting some of the findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Press release and interview with local radio |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press coverage in the 'Sunday Times' newspaper of a research paper that was published in the European Journal of Ageing. The paper written by Dr Joanna McHugh Power was entitled "Exposure to the troubles in Northern Ireland, memory functioning, and social activity engagement: results from NICOLA". The press release also resulted in Dr McHugh being invited to the local radio station "BBC Radio Ulster" to talk about the research and findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Press release entitled "NICOLA plays key role in linking statin use with lowered risk of losing sight in later life" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release via Queen's University Belfast Comms team to various media channels including The Telegraph, The Times, etc. The Press Release was based on a paper published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. The Press Release highlighted key findings from a consortium led study by University Hospital Bonn in Germany, which drew together information from 14 studies (including NICOLA) and involved almost 40,000 people to assess the impact of statins on the risk people developing age related macular degeneration (AMD). The press release highlighted key findings including that people taking statins had 15% reduced risk of developing AMD compared to those who were not taking the drugs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Press release entitled "Queen's researchers investigating the impact of COVID-19 on Northern Ireland's older population, 4th May 2021" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release to highlight the research being conducted in NICOLA studying how people aged 50 years and older across N.Ireland have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | STEMNET Ambassador - {MOD} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Various voluntary activities with schools throughout Northern Ireland promoting STEM subjects and careers schools request STEM ambassadors for various events |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017 |
| URL | http://www.stemnet.org.uk/ |
| Description | Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies International Showcase Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk given to highlight and promote the NICOLA Study. Talk was entitled "NICOLA - Understanding today for a healthier tomorrow" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Talk at Society of Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies Seminar Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker to present on the key findings from the NICOLA study in relation to Objective Measures of Health and Wellbeing of Older Adults in N.Ireland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Talk given at Digital Leaders Conferences as part of the Digital Leaders Week June 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited speakers to present at the session on "an Ageing Society" as part of Digital Leaders Week. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) in Baltimore, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of a poster reporting on the prevalence and characteristics of peripheral retinal lesions in an ageing population |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) in Hawaii, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of a poster reporting on the clinical characteristics of the peripheral retina in Age-related Macular Degeneration in an ageing population |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) in Orlando, Florida |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of a poster refining ultra-wide color fundus grading schemes for use within an epidemiological study |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) in Seattle, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of a poster examining whether peripheral retinal lesions impacted the vitreo-interface at the macula |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | The Beeson Annual Meeting - San Diego, California, USA - {MOD} |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The Beeson Annual Meeting is held for Beeson Scholars, mentors and other leaders in academic medicine and aging research to review research progress of Scholars, encourage dissemination of their findings, and enhance development of scholarship and leadership. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.afar.org/events/view/beeson-annual-meeting/ |
| Description | The Gerontological Society of America 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Results from the NICOLA study presented to delegates. Talk was entitled "Loneliness and social isolation among older people in N.Ireland - results from Wave 1 of NICOLA" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The Long Gallery Science Showcase (the NICOLA Study) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | We presented the design of the NICOLA study to MLAs at Stormont to generate interest among policy makers and to commence a broader promotional campaign around the study Covered in national broadcast and news media, and stimulated the interests of the Office of the First Minister in the NICOLA Study |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://nicola.qub.ac.uk/news/ |
| Description | The NICOLA Study Ministerial Launch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | The Junior Ministers from OFMDFM helped us launch the study to the general public and this provided a fillip to recruitment and re-stimulated interest in the study among policy makers and the Third Sector Enhanced recruitment and interest for the study. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://nicola.qub.ac.uk/news/ |
| Description | UK CHina Social Science BIG Data Networking Event. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kee made a presentation to a delegation of Chinese academics working in the BIG Data and social sciences field (representing the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China), expounding upon the nature of and opportunities provided by the ESRC funded NICOLA cohort study and the research collaborations already existing between Queens University academics and China based researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge Community of Practice Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presented research from NICOLA and one of its substudies (SPACE) to approx 80 attendees from research, policy, practice and community sector who were attending a Data themed Community of Practice workshop being held by the UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge. Presented an overview of the work being undertaken in SPACE and discussed the various data that will be collated including the linkage of data to urban environmental data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |