The first webinar in our series exploring longitudinal biomedical studies from a social science perspective featured Born in Bradford (Prof Rosie McEachan) and TwinsUK (Dr Claire Steves). Videos and presentation slides are available below.
About the webinar series
This ongoing CLOSER webinar series aims to showcase a range of biomedically-focused longitudinal studies, including our partner studies and a leading study of twins, to social science researchers who may be otherwise unfamiliar with the study data and what it can offer social science research. The series is designed to introduce researchers to new longitudinal studies that could be of use to them in their work.
Watch the introduction to Born in Bradford
Prof Rosie McEachan introduced Born in Bradford, which tracks the health and wellbeing of over 13,500 children, and their parents, born at the Bradford Royal Infirmary between March 2007 and December 2010. The health of these children is being tracked from pregnancy through childhood and into adult life.
In her presentation, Prof McEachan gave an overview of the questionnaire, biobank and routine data available to researchers, and explored a number of case studies focused on how these different data sources have been used to examine ethnic differences in perinatal mental health treatment and impacts of green space on health and wellbeing.
Download the Born in Bradford presentation slides
Watch the introduction to TwinsUK
Dr Claire Steves discussed TwinsUK which is the UK’s only adult twin registry and the most clinically detailed in the world. The registry is comprised of 13,000 identical and non-identical twins from across the UK and with aged between 16 and 98 years old, with the average age being 55. The current research focuses on the genetics of complex disease, in particular age-related diseases such as osteoporosis, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and eye disease.
Other webinars in this series
- 1958, 1970, 1989-90 & 2000-01 birth cohorts
- Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children & Generation Scotland
- English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing
- ONS Longitudinal Study and the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England 2
- Southampton Women’s Survey and Hertfordshire Cohort Study
- Understanding Society and Growing Up in Scotland
Further information
If you have any questions, or require further information, please contact CLOSER Digital Communications and Events Manager, Jennie Blows (j.blows@ucl.ac.uk).