ISARIC 4C Name: International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infection Consortium – Comprehensive Clinical Characterisation Collaboration (ISARIC 4C) Principal Investigator: Professor Peter Openshaw (Co-lead) Leading Institutions: Imperial College London HDR Innovation Gateway Metadata Rating: Platinum The team at ISARIC 4C have been preparing for a respiratory pandemic years before the global spread … Read More
COVID-Consortium: Front Line Impact of COVID-19 Name: COVID-Consortium (COVIDsortium) Principal Investigator: Professor James Moon Leading Institutions: University College London, Barts Charity HDR Innovation Gateway Metadata Rating: Gold Work in COVIDsortium began the day of the UK’s first lockdown in March 2020, and recruited its first 400 participants 9 days later. It is a … Read More
TRACK-COVID Name: TRACK-COVID Principal Investigators: Professor John Danesh and Professor Emanuele Di Angelantonio Leading institution or organisation: University of Cambridge (Department of Public Health and Primary Care) HDR Innovation Gateway Metadata Rating: Silver The TRAC-COVID study aims to provide a better understanding of the biological and environmental risk factors of COVID-19, … Read More
Pandemic Tracking of Healthcare Workers Name: Pandemic Tracking of Healthcare Workers (PANTHER) Leading institution or organisation: University of Nottingham, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust HDR Innovation Gateway Metadata Rating: Gold The PANTHER study explores why some people with COVID have symptoms (symptomatic) and others do not (asymptomatic). It also looks at … Read More
Generation Scotland Name: Generation Scotland Principal Investigator: Professor David Porteous Leading institution or organisation: University of Edinburgh HDR Innovation Gateway Metadata Rating: Gold Launched in 2006, Generation Scotland looks at the health and well-being of volunteers and their families. The study aims to examine the lives of their participants from childhood … Read More
National Institute for Health and Care Research’s BioResource Name: NIHR BioResource Leading Institution or organisation: National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) HDR Innovation Gateway Metadata Rating: Platinum The NIHR’s BioResource is a national resource that supports public participation in research, and was set up as a collaborative effort between clinicians and … Read More
Genetics of Asthma Severity & Phenotypes Name: Genetics of Asthma Severity & Phenotypes (GASP) Principal Investigator: Professor Ian Sayers Leading institution or organisation: BREATHE, University of Nottingham Key Funding: Asthma UK HDR Innovation Gateway Metadata Rating: Silver The GASP project was set up in 2013 to create a large cohort … Read More
Follow-COVID Name: Follow-COVID Leading institution or organisation: University of Dundee HDR Innovation Gateway Metadata Rating: Platinum The Follow-COVID study aims to identify the long-term consequences and future healthcare needs of people who became ill with severe cases of COVID-19. To do this, researchers a monitoring more than 100 patients from across … Read More
COVID-19 Staff Testing of Antibody Response Study Name: COVID-19 Staff Testing of Antibody Response Study (Co-Stars) Leading institution or organisation: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust HDR Innovation Gateway Metadata Rating: Gold The Co-Stars study began in April 2020, with the hospital performing serological antibody testing on around … Read More
Asymptomatic COVID19 in Education (ACE) Cohort Name: Asymptomatic COVID-19 in Education (ACE) Leading institution or organisation: University of Nottingham, University of Cambridge, University of Cardiff HDR Innovation Gateway Metadata Rating: Silver At the start of the 2020/2021 academic year some education providers established in-house testing facilities.These specialised sites were created in response … Read More