The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC): A multi-generation, longitudinal resource

Lead Research Organisation: University of Bristol
Department Name: UNLISTED

Abstract

"Between April 1991 and December 1992 we enrolled >14000 pregnant women in ALSPAC resulting in 14062 live births. Mothers, fathers, children and now children of the children from this recruitment have been followed up at multiple timepoints and a wide variety of samples, exposure and outcome measures collected.
Our mission is to ensure ALSPAC remains the premier multi-generational birth cohort offering unrivalled access to data and samples. We will look after the existing samples and data, improve visibility and access to the existing resource, maximise the connection of administrative data and continue collecting new data and samples.
Maintaining such a valuable UK resource will enable research uniquely equipped to follow changes in health and well-being across the lifespan, what affects this, how certain factors work across generations, and how changes in society affect the health and well-being of families going through similar events 30 years apart."

Technical Summary

"ALSPAC is a multi-generation (G0/G1/G2), prospective cohort based in the UK [1-4] (supplementary information, Figure 1). This proposal seeks support to:
- Maintain the existing samples and data resources.
- Enhance visibility and access to data and samples.
- Maximise linkage opportunities through broad and innovative use of administrative records.
- Expand the resource by maximising recruitment and retention, and collecting new data and
samples on original parents (G0), index participants (G1) and the next generation (G2).
Work will be delivered via an efficient operational and governance infrastructure. We will deploy a combination of face-to-face assessment, biosample collection and analysis, remote data collection and administrative record linkage where the value of this activity is substantially enhanced by existing resources. All proposed work has been designed according to the overarching principles of (i) scientific utility and (ii) engagement/recruitment/retention. Study activities draw on experience from previous ALSPAC activity and consultation with participants and academics through bespoke workshops. Scientific focus reflects ALSPAC strengths and our target science areas, namely: The antecedents of cardiometabolic/cognitive/mental health, cross-generation contributions to health and era specific contributions to health, well-being and society."

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Agbaje AO (2023) Does arterial stiffness mediate or suppress the associations of blood pressure with cardiac structure and function in adolescents? in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology

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Akingbuwa WA (2023) Multivariate analyses of molecular genetic associations between childhood psychopathology and adult mood disorders and related traits. in American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics

 
Description Participation in Department for Education's Childrenofthe2020s Cohort Technical Advisory Group
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Title Development of a rapid online survey regarding plans at Christmas 2021 in light of 'Plan B' 
Description ALSPAC was approach by Dr Ellen Brooks-Pollock, UOB and member of SPI-M to rapidly question our participants about their plans over th festive period and determine whether they might change following the Government's announcement of Plan B mitigation emausres 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Published on the Government website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/university-of-bristol-impact-of-voluntary-risk-mitigation-behaviour-on-the-magnitude-of-a-covid-19-omicron-variant-wave-in-england-11-january-2022 Pre-print and peer reviewed paper to follow alongside a DOI for the data,. 
URL https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/university-of-bristol-impact-of-voluntary-risk-mitigation...
 
Title Development of virtual online visits 
Description To replace face to face visits in the times of pandemic and to provide an alternative offering to participants who do not want to or cannot attend a clinic visit in person. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact Will minimise attrition. 
 
Title UK CIC COVID longitudinal sample set 
Description A longitudual set of biological samples including peripheral blood mononuclear cells, plasma and saliva have been collected from cohort members who have had a COVID-19 infection and controls. This resource is available for immunological studies and is linked to new ALSPAC data collected during the pandemic and the longitudinal samples and data collected over 30 years. 
Type Of Material Biological samples 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The sample collection is complete and analysis of samples is still in progress. Once complete the data generated will be made available alongside data collected from participants during the pandemic and all ALSAPC data including samples collected beofre the pandemic. This will enable research into biomarkers related to infection, recovery and ongoing immunity to COVID-19 and biomarkers pre infection that may predict outcomes of infection. 
 
Title ARIES-Explorer 
Description ARIES-Explorer provides an openly accessible web interface to explore epigenome-wide methylation data from the Accessible Resource for Integrated Epigenomics Studies 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2013 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Cited in a key review in the field (Mill et al, Nature Reviews Genetics, VOLUME 14 | AUGUST 2013 | 585). 419 unique visitors to the site in its first month of operation. 
URL http://ariesepigenomics.org.uk/ariesexplorer
 
Title COVID questionnaire 4 - G0 and G1 
Description Dataset containing Q4 results for G0 and G1 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Contribution to our understanding of the impact of the pandemic, based for identifying cases for further study on recuperation and longevity of infection. A data note has been published on Wellcome Open 
URL https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/6-155
 
Title COVID serology testing results in G0 and G1 
Description This study was undertaken in collaboration with ten other LPS. G0 and G1 participants undertook blood sample collection at home. Samples were sent to Thriva and spike protein antibodies were measured 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Contribution to our understanding of the impact of the pandemic, basis for identifying cases for further study on recuperation and longevity of infection. A data note has been published on Wellcome Open with further cross-cohort papers underway. 
URL https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/6-283
 
Title Life@27+; Dataset from questionnaire completed by G1 
Description Data collected at from the 27 year Questionnaire. Infrastructure funded by this award and supplemented with external funding. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Data enabling ongoing research into employment/education and living conditions, events in childhood, mental health, faith and beliefs, and becoming a parent. 
 
Title Life@28+; Dataset from questionnaire completed by G1 
Description Data collected at from the 28 year Questionnaire. Infrastructure funded by this award and supplemented with external funding. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Data enabling ongoing research into ethnicity, hearing, behaviours, substance use, self harm and other mental health issues. 
 
Title Linkage to ALSPAC participants Twitter Social Media Posts 
Description ALSPAC have linked to participants social media posts held on the Twitter Platform. These posts have been downloaded to ALSPAC servers where they have been processed and used with Natural Language Processing algorithms to generate derived variables relating to Mental Health status (e.g. mood, anxiety, depression) and COVID-19 status. These derived variables are now informing applied research projects and will be accessible through the ALSPAC resource. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This dataset is now informing applied research investigations. 
 
Title Linkage to Avon & Wiltshire Partnership Community Mental Health Care records 
Description Linkage to the regional, detailed, community mental health care records of ALSPAC G1 index participants through collaboration with NHS AWP Trust and UK CRIS (University of Oxford). 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Supporting a research programme and new funding looking at Mental Health during COVID-19 Pandemic: Linking observed mental health data with record linkage in ALSPAC (ALSPAC Ref: B3602), PI: Alex Kwong, University of Edinburgh. URL: https://proposals.epi.bristol.ac.uk/?q=node/130189 
URL https://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/researchers/our-data/linkage/
 
Title Linkage to Public Health England COVID-19 pillar testing data 
Description Linkage to the results of Pillar I and II testing for ALSPAC G1 index participants who have consented and through s2151. Linkage for G0 mothers for those consented only. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Data note has been published on Wellcome Open describing this data and how it has been used to contribute to the identification of COVID-19 cases in the cohort. 
URL https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/6-122
 
Title Parents Family History Questionnaires: Datasets for G0 mothers and fathers 
Description Data collected from the Parents Family History Questionnaires: Infrastructure funded by this award and supplemented with external funding. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Data enabling ongoing inter-generational research. These questionnaires collect data on grandparents and great grandparents including demographic information, smoking, deaths, traumatic childhood events. The URL below provides the link to a data note describing this data published on Wellcome Open 
URL https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/6-115
 
Title Parents Questionnaire 2020: Datasets for G0 mothers and fathers 
Description Data collected from the 2020 Parents Questionnaire: Infrastructure funded by this award and supplemented with external funding. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Data enabling ongoing research into employment/living conditions, physical and mental health, faith and beliefs, and in mothers only, reproductive health and traumatic pregnancy-based experiences 
 
Title UK LLC: Contribution of ALSPAC data 
Description All COVID-19 based data has been deposited with the UK LLC to facilitate cross-cohort collaboration and linkage to administrative records 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact None yet. We have not formally received any research proposals as data has only just been made available at the time of writing. 
URL https://ukllc.ac.uk/
 
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Sector Charity/Non Profit 
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Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Genome-wide association study of suicidal thoughts and attempts, B4089 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction during mid-life in women with previous hypertensive pregnancy, B4098 
Organisation University of Oxford
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution New Data & Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description How and why does ADHD lead to depression in young people? B4137 
Organisation Cardiff University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Identification of risk factors for developing depression in young people, B4255 
Organisation University of Birmingham
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description Identifying clusters of COVID-19 and Long Covid symptoms, B4221 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Identifying master regulators of gene expression in human immune cells, B4081 
Organisation University of Tartu
Country Estonia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Identifying the genetic markers associated with within-individual variability in blood pressure (mini-project), B4149 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Improving treatment of menopausal symptoms by using genomics to understand aetiology, B4212 
Organisation University of Exeter
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution New Data and Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Inconsistencies in accounting for age in studies on epigenetic accelerated aging and recommendations for best practices, B4088 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Intelligence and Religion, B4204 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Inter-generational transmission of intimate partner violence and abuse (IPVA): influence of IPVA measures, patterns, and timing, B4187 
Organisation Dalhousie University
Country Canada 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Intergenerational Cohort Consortium (ICC), B4206 
Organisation Deakin University
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Intergenerational effects of perinatal intimate partner violence: Longitudinal study of neurodevelopmental outcomes in childhood, B4237 
Organisation University of Edinburgh
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description Intergenerational gut bacterial strain transfer, B4118 
Organisation Quadram Institute Bioscience
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Interplay between genetic risk for metabolic syndrome and mental illness on childhood development outcomes, B4128 
Organisation University of Newcastle
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Intimate Partner Violence and Children's Human Capital, B4146 
Organisation Royal Holloway, University of London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Investigate maternal and paternal risk factors for violence during pregnancy and its lasting impact for everyone, B4233 
Organisation Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich)
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description Investigating Associations Between Religious/Spiritual Beliefs and Behaviours and Inflammation, B4234 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description Investigating life-course effects of adiposity on inflammation, B4232 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description Investigating pathways relating to environmental risk factors, immune markers and mental health outcomes in early adulthood, B4168 
Organisation Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Country Ireland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Investigating pathways relating to environmental risk factors, immune markers and mental health outcomes in early adulthood, B4186 
Organisation Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Country Ireland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Investigating the direction and magnitude of association between social anxiety at age 18 and romantic relationship satisfaction, B4217 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Investigating the impact of environmental and lifestyle factors across development on hippocampal neurogenesis and depression, B4254 
Organisation King's College London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description Investigating the impact of variation in BMI on the metabolome using multiple study designs, B4097 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Investigating the rise of liver disease in young adults in the UK, B4243 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution New Data and Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description Investigation of impacts of colour blindness on educational and psychological outcomes, B4120 
Organisation Newcastle University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Is former alcohol use from ages 15-18 associated with subsequent depressive symptoms at age 25? B4216 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Is maternal BMI causally linked to offspring neurodevelopmental traits? B4257 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description Is sexual violence in early adulthood among women associated with subsequent alcohol misuse later in life? B4099 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Kid Immune - Autoimmunity in paediatric cancer (08-12-2022 - 12:31:22) B4219 
Organisation University of Bergen
Country Norway 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description LoF MC3R coding mutations in cohorts of patients with delayed puberty, B4143 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Long-term Impacts of Childhood Head Injuries and Conduct Problems on Executive Function, B4167 
Organisation University of Southampton
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Longitudinal Blood Pressure GWAS, B4163 
Organisation University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Longitudinal modelling of high-dimensional molecular measurements in birth cohort studies, B4021 
Organisation Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Department Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences
Country Singapore 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Maternal eating of fish during pregnancy: antecedents and consequences, B4155 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Measuring steroid hormones in ALSPAC hair samples - pilot study, B4093 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution New Data & Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Mechanisms linking the natriuretic peptide receptor-C gene to elevated blood pressure: Genetic epidemiology study, B4121 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Methods to Detect and Adjust for Selection Bias, B4189 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Migraine and inflammation during pregnancy and ADHD in the offspring- Disentangling the causal links, B4240 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description Movement behaviour, genetic susceptibility, and cardiometabolic risk profiles in children and adolescents, B4181 
Organisation University of Hong Kong
Country Hong Kong 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Movement behaviours, cardiometabolic risk, and body composition in children and adolescents, B4181 
Organisation University of Hong Kong
Country Hong Kong 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description Neurodevelopmental characteristics of children with genetic risk for epilepsy, B4182 
Organisation University of Exeter
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Novel implementation of vaccinations against adult respiratory infection and respiratory pathogen surveillance, B4160 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution New Data & Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Oestrogen as a protective factor for psychosis, B4241 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description Parental Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular disease polygenic risk scores by offspring birthweight and placental weight, B4188 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description PhD project on Placentas, adverse pregnancy outcomes, and cardiometabolic health, B4209 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Plant-based diets, iodine, and neurodevelopmental outcomes, B4200 
Organisation University of Surrey
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Plant-based diets, iodine, and neurodevelopmental outcomes, B4200 
Organisation University of Surrey
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Polygenic risk score of asthma, COPD and lung function, and association with lung function outcomes, B4225 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Predictors of blood mercury levels during pregnancy, B4169 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Prenatal Environment and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, B4251 
Organisation Gastroenterology Hospital "Saverio de Bellis"
Country Italy 
Sector Hospitals 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description Psychological and neural correlates of excessive rationalisation in obsessive-compulsive disorder, B4231 
Organisation University of Edinburgh
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution New Data and Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Quantifying the multi-system impact of antenatal maternal wellbeing across generations, B4103 
Organisation Yale University
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Relationships Between Emotion Recognition, Visual Memory, Working Memory Capacity, and Mental Health, B4245 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description Religiosity: Confounders, Mediators and Bidirectional Causality, B4226 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Religious or spiritual beliefs/behaviours (RSBB) and COVID infection, B4147 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Research methods in human epigenetics, B4111 
Organisation University of Exeter
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Revisiting the associations between asthma and psychotic experiences, B4198 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Scarlet Fever in ALSPAC, B4239 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description School lunch choices at age 13 years in persistent picky eaters in a longitudinal birth cohort study, B4207 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Sensitive periods for the effects of depression on suicide risk, B4101 
Organisation Massachusetts General Hospital
Country United States 
Sector Hospitals 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Separating adiposity from hormonal changes at menopause and investigating their causal relationship with cancer, B4183 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Sex stratified acne GWAS meta-analysis, B4082 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Social Media Fatigue in SNS: Effect on Behavior of Young Generation, B4152 
Organisation City University of Hong Kong
Country Hong Kong 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Social behaviour and communication in context: A multivariate genomic study of precursors and later-life outcomes, B4190 
Organisation Max Planck Society
Department Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Social connection as an active ingredient to prevent depression and anxiety in youth, B4083 
Organisation National Centre for Social Research
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Social determinants of mental health and cognition in adolescence, B4114 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Social determinants of mental health and cognition in adolescence, B4114 
Organisation University of New South Wales
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Special collections: Eating disorders in Britain, 1980-2010, B4108 
Organisation Loyola University
Country Bolivia, Plurinational State of 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description The ALSPAC variable search tool, B4126 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description The Digital Epidemiology of Social Media Behaviour and Mental Wellbeing in ALSPAC, B4252 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description The Relationship Between Identifiable Health Risk Behaviours And the Development of Severe Mental Illness Within A Syndemic Fram, B4092 
Organisation University of York
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description The association between academic pressure and adolescent depression and self-harm, B4235 
Organisation University College London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description The association between early childhood dietary variety score with nutrient profiles and later dietary pattern scores, B4236 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description The bidirectional relationships among physical activity, sedentary behaviour, weight status and depression, B4164 
Organisation Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu
Country Spain 
Sector Hospitals 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description The composition of physical activity in youth with and without a diagnosis of asthma, B4176 
Organisation Swansea University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description The effect of life-course physical activity patterns on adult circulatory capacity and skeletal muscle bioenergetics: are sex-di, B4229 
Organisation University College London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution New Data and Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description The impact of command hallucinations and delusions of thought interference on suicidal behaviours, B4199 
Organisation University of York
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description The impact of social media reward-learning across development, B4151 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution New Data & Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description The intergenerational links between PRS of ADHD in mothers and childhood maltreatment in their children, B4205 
Organisation University of Glasgow
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description The joint effect of blood lead and vitamin D on preterm birth in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, B4214 
Organisation Government of Canada
Department Health Canada
Country Canada 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description The mechanisms underlying relative protection from diabetes in multiple islet autoantibody positive individuals who develop diab, B4136 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description The relationship between maternal mental health and substance use in adolescence, B4094 
Organisation University of Glasgow
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description The role of genetics in food allergy, B4154 
Organisation Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich)
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description The role of genetics in the intergenerational transmission of IPVA, B4246 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description The role of maternal and childhood diet and nutrition in the development of childhood ADHD and impaired cognitive ability, B4135 
Organisation Queen Mary University of London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description The role of maternal religious belief in adolescent mental health, B4156 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description The structure of HCL-32 in ALSPAC, B4085 
Organisation University of Birmingham
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description To investigate pathways relating to environmental risk factors, immune markers and mental health outcomes in early adulthood, B4185 
Organisation Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Country Ireland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description UK LLC: Examining the serological response to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination across the National Core Studies, B4087 
Organisation University of Glasgow
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description UK LLC: Methodological enhancement and documentary analysis of the UK LLC, B4086 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description UKLLC: Capturing ethnicity in UK electronic health records and longitudinal studies, B4223 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description UKLLC: Harmonised Core Socio-demographic Measures Dataset, B4106 
Organisation University College London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description UKLLC: Mental health and COVID-19 vaccine outcomes, B4220 
Organisation University of Nottingham
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description UKLLC: Multi-Longitudinal Cohort Study into occupational factors and COVID Risk as part of PROTECT National Core Study, B4104 
Organisation University of Manchester
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description UKLLC: Using metabolomics to better understand COVID-19 symptoms, B4105 
Organisation University of Aberdeen
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Understanding causes and consequences of body composition, cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness, B4249 
Organisation Gastroenterology Hospital "Saverio de Bellis"
Country Italy 
Sector Hospitals 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description Understanding causes and consequences of body composition, cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness, B4249 
Organisation University College London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2023
 
Description Understanding pathways from environmental risk to internalising problems for autistic young people, B4172 
Organisation University College London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Understanding predictors of study participation amongst individuals with mental health difficulties in established cohorts, B4095 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution New Data and Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Utilising Epigenetics as a Platform for Precision Medicine, B4124 
Organisation University of Newcastle
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Validation of novel biomarkers in pre-diagnostic brain tumour bloods and potential correlation with tumour biomarkers, B4100 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution New Data & Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Validation of selected candidate blood metabolites biomarkers for age at menopause, B4178 
Organisation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine
Country Canada 
Sector Hospitals 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description What is the association between the early negative health behaviours of smoking and drinking and later mental wellbeing? B4215 
Organisation University of Bristol
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description What makes clocks tick? Mapping determinants of epigenetic age acceleration in early life, B4195 
Organisation Erasmus University Rotterdam
Country Netherlands 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data Provision
Collaborator Contribution Secondary Analysis
Impact None yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description Blog on CLOSER website 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact A blog discussing safeguards for transaction data linkage.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.closer.ac.uk/news-opinion/blog/accessing-transaction-records-linkage-longitudinal-cohort...
 
Description Bristol study finds third COVID-19 "booster" is associated with a substantial increase in antibodies 
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 Press release published by University of Bristol, King's College London, University College London and on CO90s website.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/news/2023/covid-booster.html
 
Description Bristol's Children of the 90s study helps scientists pinpoint those most at risk of Long COVID 
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 Press release published by Kings College London and on CO90s website.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/news/2022/long-covid-pr.html
 
Description Broadcast media: Children of the 90s' founder, this week's castaway on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Professor Jean Golding appeared on BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs on 18 November 2022 & 1 January 2023. BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs presenter Lauren Laverne described Children of the 90s health study as a "treasure trove of data that has led to global discoveries". In the radio programme, Professor Golding discusses her life and career and picks eight tracks she would choose to take were she to be marooned on a desert island. She describes overcoming childhood illnesses before studying mathematics at Oxford University, eventually forging a career as a scientist and founding the longitudinal health study, Children of the 90s.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001f5dv
 
Description CLOSER Data Linkage Community of Practice Group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Andy Boyd chairs the CLOSER Data Linkage Community of Practice Group. This group is designed to share insights relating to data linkage amongst those working in this field in longitudinal research. The group also seeks to jointly identify mechanisms to address common barriers to linkages or to develop improved ways of working.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019,2020,2021
URL https://www.closer.ac.uk/our-networks/
 
Description COVID-19 broadcast interviews with local BBC/ITV TV news and radio programmes BBC Bristol/Heart FM/Ujima - 2020 
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 During 2020 BBC Points West and ITV Westcountry interviewed Prof Nic Timpson on multiple occasions throughout the year to discuss COVID-19 studies and questionnaires. Participants were often invited to take part in the interviews alongside Timpson. Radio interviews were also recorded on BBC Bristol, Heart FM, Ujima FM.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2020-10-05/5000-people-in-bristol-to-take-covid-19-antibody-tes...
 
Description COVID-19 videos from clinicians - inviting participants to engage in research - 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Interviews with doctrs James Dodd, Rachel Johnson & Catherine Hyams were filmed and shared via social media channels to impress the importance of ALSPAC COVID-19 studies and encourage participants to take part.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBLGBPsLjFc&list=PLnkze_e6JXLJzK1JRXG_SAvuQF-wZ2NV-&index=2
 
Description Channel 4's Food Unwrapped Investigates interviews participants about picky eating - November 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interview with Caroline Taylor about her picky eaters research using ALSPAC data, it also included interviews with participants and their young children about eating habits.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.channel4.com/programmes/food-unwrapped-investigates/on-demand/
 
Description Children of the 90s Red Book Stickers (child health records) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Bristol's Southmead Hospital Maternity unit will include a Children of the 90s sticker on all child health records given to new parents in 2023, reaching approximately 6,000 new parents. It is hoped some of these will be study participants who have lost touch with the study.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Children of the 90s annual print newsletter - Your Life in Science 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Annual print newsletter which is also distributed electronically (via email) to all participants. See digital flipbook version of the print newsletter at - https://issuu.com/childrenofthe90s/docs/co90_2022_newsletter
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/participants/newsletters-leaflets/
 
Description Children of the 90s' 30th anniversary - series of impact films 'Children of the 90s Discoveries' 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact A series of 10 short films created primarily for social media have been used to share key research findings. Topics range from 'is too much screen time bad for mental health' to 'Should we worry about picky eating?'. The films have been created as 60 second shorts and shared on Youtube, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using the Children of the 90s accounts, plus boosted posts. They are also available on the study's website at www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/participants/discoveries/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/participants/discoveries/
 
Description Children with persistent speech disorder are more likely to have problems making friends, research finds 
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 Press released published by University of Bristol and on CO90s website.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/news/2023/speech-disorder-children.html
 
Description Co-design session with Children of 90s Cohort advisory panel 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Our prototype micro Ecological Momentary Assessment system running on smartwatches was taken to the Children of the 90s Original Cohort Advisory Panel in order to capture their thoughts on the design of the system, and any issues and possibilities for improvements. The panel of 6 highly engaged individuals, from different backgrounds, reviewed the system and provided extremely useful input on how to optimise the system's user interface, which have subsequently been implemented ahead of the first study that will use the system later this year.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Concerns about effects of fertility treatment on children's development are unwarranted, large study suggests 
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 Press released published by University of Bristol and on CO90s website.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/news/2022/fertility-treatment.html
 
Description Edinburgh Study of Youth Transition and Crime - Study Scientific Advisory 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 Contributing record linkage and study management expertise to the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transition and Crime.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020,2021
 
Description Experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 associated with poorer mental health 
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 Press release published by Kings College London and on CO90s website.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/news/2022/covid-symptoms-mental-health.html
 
Description Fertility treatment does not adversely affect cardiovascular health of offspring, international study suggests 
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 Press release published by University of Bristol and on CO90s website.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/news/2023/fertility-treatment-cardio-health.html
 
Description Invited talk to local WI group: Children of the 90s - 30 years in 30 minutes 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Public engagement activity. Approx 60 members of the Brislington Women's Institute attended an online talk by Dr Kate Northstone, followed by almost an hour of discussion, questions and participant recall
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Membership of working group on EU Joint Action on Health Data 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact ALSPAC membership of the UK Working group on EU Joint Action for the European Health Data Space. The working group contributes to the development of data sharing within the European context and members come from government, policymakers, academic research organisations and health data specialists. The UK is involved in a number of work packages such as 'iCitizen' which aims to provide a European perspective to improve citizen capacity to engage with data and improve citizen trust in data sharing.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020,2022
URL https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/presentation/presentation-joint-action-support-work-european-...
 
Description National Surveys of Sexual Activities and Lifestyle - Study Scientific Advisory Group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Contributing record linkage and study management expertise to the National Surveys of Sexual Activities and Lifestyle.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020,2021
 
Description Press release: Bristol study finds third booster significantly lowers risk of severe COVID infection 
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 Press release based upon a King's College London study via National Core Study for Longitudinal Health & Wellbeing. The news item was covered on national news BBC Breakfast (Jan 2023) and local Bristol news BBC Points West, including an interview with Prof Nic Timpson.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-64392784.amp
 
Description Sexual enjoyment following childbirth is not altered by different delivery methods, research suggests 
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 Press released published by University of Bristol & Karolinska Institute and on CO90s website.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/news/2022/sexual-enjoyment-childbirth-delivery.html
 
Description Study calls for change in guidance about eating fish during pregnancy 
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 Press release published by University of Bristol and on CO90s website.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/news/2022/fish-pregnancy.html