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

COVIDsortium Name: COVID-Consortium (COVIDsortium): Front Line Impact of COVID-19 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 collaboration … 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

PANTHER 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 why not everyone with … 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

NIHR BioResource Name: National institute for Health and Care Research’s (NIHR) BioResource Leading Institution or organisation: 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 researchers. It is a bank … Read More

GASP 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 of moderate to severe asthma … 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

Co-STARS 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 1000 of its healthcare workers. Within … Read More

ACE Cohort Name: Asymptomatic COVID-19 in Education (ACE) Cohort 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 to the sharp … Read More

ALSPAC Name: Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC); Children of the 90’s  Principal Investigator: Professor Nick Timpson Leading institution or organisation: University of Bristol HDR Innovation Gateway Metadata Ranking: Silver ALSPAC, which is more commonly known as Children of the 90’s, is a world-leading birth cohort study which … Read More

MATCH Name: MATCH Antibody Study Principal Investigator: Professor James Chalmers Leading institution or organisation: University of Dundee HDR Innovation Gateway Metadata Rating: Platinum MATCH was set up to help report on the prevalence of COVID-19 infections in healthcare workers. This is important as people in these roles are at great … Read More