Social Circumstances and Epigenomics Promoting Health in Three Countries
Lead Research Organisation:
Queen's University Belfast
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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Technical Summary
"This project proposes an integrated set of aims and analyses of existing social and epigenetic data
from three national studies of aging in the family of Health and Retirement studies (the US Health
and Retirement Study (HRS), the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing
(NICOLA), and the Irish Longitudinal Study of Aging (TILDA)); assays of existing samples to produce
longitudinal epigenetic data for the three countries are also proposed. Comparative analyses based
on these data will address central questions about how life circumstances in both childhood and
adulthood affect epigenetic change and how different historical and life-course exposures in these
countries may result in differential patterns of associations. The project will also examine how
epigenetic changes in turn are associated with health after age 50. The proposal is submitted in
response to the US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership, a unique research initiative
involving funding agencies from the United States (US), the Republic of Ireland (RofI), and Northern
Ireland (NI). Proposals are submitted to each of the three countries with funding requested for each
country's participation from their respective grant agency (e.g., US NIH); grant review is done only by
NIH for all three projects based on this proposal. The project will examine the links between lifetime
social, economic, psychological, environmental and behavioral circumstances, and epigenetic
markers related to aging and health, and subsequent health. Epigenetic modification is one of the
“hallmarks” of aging, i.e. an underlying physiological change that can speedup or delay aging-related
health outcomes. Faster aging is characteristic of people in adverse social circumstances and
epigenetic change, particularly DNA methylation (DNAm), appears to be especially influenced by
adverse social circumstances, both at early ages and at later ages. This project will be unique in
evaluating how a variety of social circumstances, i.e. low levels of education and income, minority
group membership, adverse childhood experiences, adult traumas, risky health behaviors,
psychological states, and chronic stress, are associated with epigenetic markers in three different
countries, with somewhat different historical, social and behavioral characteristics which are
operating in different health policy regimes – allowing for both replication where effects are
hypothesized to be similar and differentiation where they are hypothesized to differ (e.g., where risk
characteristics are differentially patterned by SES). The applicants are uniquely placed with their
resources to explore how socioeconomic experiences across the life course alter epigenetic profiles
to influence health outcomes such as biological dysregulation, frailty, disability, chronic disease, and
premature mortality. The three data sets have been harmonized for information collection from the
beginning of the studies and were designed to encourage comparative analysis. They have been
harmonized in the survey information and the development of the epigenetic data in the three
countries. Each country has strong independent research teams who bring unique expertise and
resources and a history of collaboration to this collaborative proposal."
from three national studies of aging in the family of Health and Retirement studies (the US Health
and Retirement Study (HRS), the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing
(NICOLA), and the Irish Longitudinal Study of Aging (TILDA)); assays of existing samples to produce
longitudinal epigenetic data for the three countries are also proposed. Comparative analyses based
on these data will address central questions about how life circumstances in both childhood and
adulthood affect epigenetic change and how different historical and life-course exposures in these
countries may result in differential patterns of associations. The project will also examine how
epigenetic changes in turn are associated with health after age 50. The proposal is submitted in
response to the US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership, a unique research initiative
involving funding agencies from the United States (US), the Republic of Ireland (RofI), and Northern
Ireland (NI). Proposals are submitted to each of the three countries with funding requested for each
country's participation from their respective grant agency (e.g., US NIH); grant review is done only by
NIH for all three projects based on this proposal. The project will examine the links between lifetime
social, economic, psychological, environmental and behavioral circumstances, and epigenetic
markers related to aging and health, and subsequent health. Epigenetic modification is one of the
“hallmarks” of aging, i.e. an underlying physiological change that can speedup or delay aging-related
health outcomes. Faster aging is characteristic of people in adverse social circumstances and
epigenetic change, particularly DNA methylation (DNAm), appears to be especially influenced by
adverse social circumstances, both at early ages and at later ages. This project will be unique in
evaluating how a variety of social circumstances, i.e. low levels of education and income, minority
group membership, adverse childhood experiences, adult traumas, risky health behaviors,
psychological states, and chronic stress, are associated with epigenetic markers in three different
countries, with somewhat different historical, social and behavioral characteristics which are
operating in different health policy regimes – allowing for both replication where effects are
hypothesized to be similar and differentiation where they are hypothesized to differ (e.g., where risk
characteristics are differentially patterned by SES). The applicants are uniquely placed with their
resources to explore how socioeconomic experiences across the life course alter epigenetic profiles
to influence health outcomes such as biological dysregulation, frailty, disability, chronic disease, and
premature mortality. The three data sets have been harmonized for information collection from the
beginning of the studies and were designed to encourage comparative analysis. They have been
harmonized in the survey information and the development of the epigenetic data in the three
countries. Each country has strong independent research teams who bring unique expertise and
resources and a history of collaboration to this collaborative proposal."
Organisations
- Queen's University Belfast (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Southern California (Collaboration)
- University of Sassari (Collaboration)
- University of Michigan (Collaboration)
- Life Path Trust (Collaboration)
- University of Minnesota (Collaboration)
- Yale University (Collaboration)
- University of Fribourg (Collaboration)
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (Collaboration)
- Trinity College Dublin (Collaboration)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Collaboration)
Publications
Hogg RE
(2023)
Prevalence and risk factors for age-related macular degeneration in a population-based cohort study of older adults in Northern Ireland using multimodal imaging: NICOLA Study.
in The British journal of ophthalmology
Smyth LJ
(2023)
Longitudinal Epigenome-Wide Analysis of Kidney Transplant Recipients Pretransplant and Posttransplant.
in Kidney international reports
Smyth LJ
(2023)
Differential methylation in CD44 and SEC23A is associated with time preference in older individuals.
in Economics and human biology
Cañadas-Garre M
(2023)
Albuminuria-Related Genetic Biomarkers: Replication and Predictive Evaluation in Individuals with and without Diabetes from the UK Biobank.
in International journal of molecular sciences
Description | Member of the Life and Health Sciences Committee multidisciplinary committee of the Royal Irish Academy for the June 2022-2026 term |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
Impact | More details available here: https://www-ria-ie.queens.ezp1.qub.ac.uk/science-committees/life-and-health-sciences-committee |
URL | https://www-ria-ie.queens.ezp1.qub.ac.uk/science-committees/life-and-health-sciences-committee |
Description | A functional genomics pipeline for genetic discovery in diabetic kidney disease - GENIE |
Amount | £3,400,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MC_PC_22005 (co-funded with NIH, SFI and NI HSC RDO STL/5586/19 under the US Ireland Scheme) |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2022 |
End | 10/2027 |
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 | 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 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 | US-I: Population Health Laboratory, University of Fribourg, Switzerland |
Organisation | University of Fribourg |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Cristian Carmeli at the Population Health Laboratory, University of Fribourg, Switzerland has been working with us on epigenetic meta-analysis with a focus on epigenetic clocks. |
Collaborator Contribution | Cristian Carmeli at the Population Health Laboratory, University of Fribourg, Switzerland has been working with us on epigenetic meta-analysis with a focus on epigenetic clocks. |
Impact | Socioeconomic position, lifestyle habits and biomarkers of epigenetic aging: a multi-cohort analysis. Fiorito G, McCrory C, Robinson O, Carmeli C, Ochoa-Rosales C, Zhang Y, Colicino E, Dugué PA, Artaud F, McKay GJ, Jeong A, Mishra PP, Nøst TH, Krogh V, Panico S, Sacerdote C, Tumino R, Palli D, Matullo G, Guarrera S, Gandini M, Bochud M, Dermitzakis E, Muka T, Schwartz J, Vokonas PS, Just A, Hodge AM, Giles GG, Southey MC, Hurme MA, Young I, McKnight AJ, Kunze S, Waldenberger M, Peters A, Schwettmann L, Lund E, Baccarelli A, Milne RL, Kenny RA, Elbaz A, Brenner H, Kee F, Voortman T, Probst-Hensch N, Lehtimäki T, Elliot P, Stringhini S, Vineis P, Polidoro S; BIOS Consortium; Lifepath consortium. Aging (Albany NY). 2019 Apr 14;11(7):2045-2070. doi: 10.18632/aging.101900. 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 | 2020 |
Description | US-I: Trinity College Dublin |
Organisation | Trinity College Dublin |
Country | Ireland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Prof McKnight is providing NICOLA data and leading the epigenetic analysis for this multicentre study |
Collaborator Contribution | "TILDA is delighted to continue further collaboration with our US and NI colleagues in this new initiative, to better understand how life adversity impacts the epigenome and our health outcomes as we age. Our shared expertise and wealth of research available from 10 years of the TILDA study, brings a unique insight into the social circumstances and determinants of health outcomes and the possibility of modifiable risk factors. Multimorbidity, frailty, and disability remain a significant challenge for the individual, families, governments, and policymakers. We look forward to contributing our expertise alongside our international counterparts, harmonising and strengthening analytical measures, and acquiring a better understanding of how life course social circumstances influence epigenetic change and subsequent health in later life. This will provide us with new approaches for prevention, and possibly treatment." |
Impact | 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. Socioeconomic position, lifestyle habits and biomarkers of epigenetic aging: a multi-cohort analysis. Fiorito G, McCrory C, Robinson O, Carmeli C, Ochoa-Rosales C, Zhang Y, Colicino E, Dugué PA, Artaud F, McKay GJ, Jeong A, Mishra PP, Nøst TH, Krogh V, Panico S, Sacerdote C, Tumino R, Palli D, Matullo G, Guarrera S, Gandini M, Bochud M, Dermitzakis E, Muka T, Schwartz J, Vokonas PS, Just A, Hodge AM, Giles GG, Southey MC, Hurme MA, Young I, McKnight AJ, Kunze S, Waldenberger M, Peters A, Schwettmann L, Lund E, Baccarelli A, Milne RL, Kenny RA, Elbaz A, Brenner H, Kee F, Voortman T, Probst-Hensch N, Lehtimäki T, Elliot P, Stringhini S, Vineis P, Polidoro S; BIOS Consortium; Lifepath consortium. Aging (Albany NY). 2019 Apr 14;11(7):2045-2070. doi: 10.18632/aging.101900. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | US-I: University of California Los Angeles |
Organisation | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | . |
Collaborator Contribution | Prof Seeman is providing valuable phenotyping expertise for this project. |
Impact | . |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | US-I: University of Michigan |
Organisation | University of Michigan |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Jessica Faul, Colter Mitchell & Kelly Bakulski at U Mich provide important skills in data collection and analysis that complement those by our local team. Prof Faul has also offered to host Dr Claire Potter (a PhD clinical trainee with our team funded under the Wellcome-HRB ICAT scheme) for a Fulbright student award. |
Collaborator Contribution | Jessica Faul, Colter Mitchell & Kelly Bakulski at U Mich provide important skills in data collection and analysis that complement those by our local team. Prof Faul has also offered to host Dr Claire Potter (a PhD clinical trainee with our team funded under the Wellcome-HRB ICAT scheme) for a Fulbright student award. |
Impact | . |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | US-I: University of Minnesota |
Organisation | University of Minnesota |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We will be providing multiomic-data from NICOLA to this multi-centre project. |
Collaborator Contribution | The University of Minnesota Advanced Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (ARDL) is a CLIA certified facility and accredited by the College of American Pathologists. ARDL is designated as a highly complex laboratory and was established in the early 1980's to support multi-centered research studies contracted by the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology of the University. This is the home department of Bharat Thyagarajan who will be generating novel data and contributing to analyses on his cohorts. |
Impact | . |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | US-I: University of Sassari |
Organisation | University of Sassari |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We provide novel data and customised analysis for our NICOLA cohort - often providing summative data for meta-analyses. |
Collaborator Contribution | Giovanni Fiorito has been analysing Lifepath cohorts and in particular the epigenetic data within TILDA, providing access to additional data for our project. |
Impact | 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. Socioeconomic position, lifestyle habits and biomarkers of epigenetic aging: a multi-cohort analysis. Fiorito G, McCrory C, Robinson O, Carmeli C, Ochoa-Rosales C, Zhang Y, Colicino E, Dugué PA, Artaud F, McKay GJ, Jeong A, Mishra PP, Nøst TH, Krogh V, Panico S, Sacerdote C, Tumino R, Palli D, Matullo G, Guarrera S, Gandini M, Bochud M, Dermitzakis E, Muka T, Schwartz J, Vokonas PS, Just A, Hodge AM, Giles GG, Southey MC, Hurme MA, Young I, McKnight AJ, Kunze S, Waldenberger M, Peters A, Schwettmann L, Lund E, Baccarelli A, Milne RL, Kenny RA, Elbaz A, Brenner H, Kee F, Voortman T, Probst-Hensch N, Lehtimäki T, Elliot P, Stringhini S, Vineis P, Polidoro S; BIOS Consortium; Lifepath consortium. Aging (Albany NY). 2019 Apr 14;11(7):2045-2070. doi: 10.18632/aging.101900. |
Start Year | 2020 |
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 | US-I: Yale University |
Organisation | Yale University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Providing summative NICOLA data for inclusion in meta-analyses. |
Collaborator Contribution | Prof Morgan Levine is providing scripts to generate her new PC-epigenetic clocks of ageing and helping with associated data interpretation. |
Impact | . |
Start Year | 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 | NI Science Festival event: The-future-of-kidney-research-is-steam-powered |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
Results and Impact | 47 people registered to attend this event, which was enjoyed by all attending. Kidney disease affects around 850 million people worldwide with numbers continuing to rise. Holistic approaches which harness cutting edge science and art therapies are key to improving the quality of life of patients and their families. This event brought together clinicians, researchers, academics and artists for a wonderful afternoon of science, art, performance and music! The event was primarily coordinated and hosted by Dr Claire Hill, Research Fellow at the QUB Centre for Public Health, with speakers Professor Peter Maxwell, Consultant Nephrologist, Dr Katie Kerr, Research Fellow, Centre for Public Health, QUB, Dr Claire Carswell, Research Fellow, School of Nursing, QUB and Department of Public Health, University of York, and William Johnston, writer and kidney transplant recipient. We were also joined by RagBone, featuring Mr Ian Walsh, Consultant Surgeon and Senior Lecturer, Alistair MacKenzie, Social Worker at South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust and Lyn McMullan, Audiovisual Producer, who closed the event with some new music and old favourites. The session was closed by Prof AJ McKnight, Professor of Molecular Epidemiology and Public Health, Centre for Public Health, QUB. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/RareDisease/Events/NorthernIrelandScienceFestival:Thefutureofkidneyresea... |
Description | Rare Diseases Research across the Life Continuum |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This year our All Ireland virtual rare disease research symposium took place on the 25th of February 13.00-17.00 (GMT) to help raise awareness of "Rare Diseases Day 2022". This event is building on our existing patient public involvement (PPI) and research partnerships across the north (RARDTAC, QUB) and south (RAINDROP, UCD) of Ireland. This virtual symposium will inspire and empower early-career researchers also create strategic transdisciplinary networks to promote world-class rare disease educational developments, research, innovation and engagement in Ireland. We are delighted to have an excellent lineup of local and international speakers! We discussion multiomic approaches to help diagnose disease, including kidney disease, and the impact of environmental stressors on non-communicable diseases |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/RareDisease/Events/RareDiseasesResearchacrosstheLifeContinuum.html |
Description | STEAMing Kidneys - Where Science and Art Collide |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | An increasing number of people are diagnosed with kidney disease, with one billion affected worldwide, impacting both patients and their families. To gain new insights into this condition and improve the quality of life of those affected, researchers today are taking novel and diverse approaches that unite the worlds of art and science! Come see the fruits of these collaborations and hear from the QUB scientists who are studying kidney disease genetics to aid the development of new diagnostics and therapeutics. Learn how the QUB Renal Arts Group works with patients, carers, doctors, scientists and artists to advance the physical and mental wellbeing of those living with kidney disease. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://nisciencefestival.com/events/steaming-kidneys-where-science-and-art-collide |
Description | STEM Ambassador Certificate for 50+ hours contributing to STEM education in the UK |
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 | A variety of events where hosted and visits enabled. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | raindrop-rardtac webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
Results and Impact | Informing and increasing awareness of rare disease research. Launch of the All Ireland Students Network for Rare Diseases (RDSnET) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/RareDisease/Events/RareDiseaseResearchandTeachingInitiativesinAcademia.h... |