Welcome to the DPUK Cohort Directory. Below you will find a list of cohorts representing a wide range of studies from across the UK. We will add to the list as cohorts are brought into the Platform.

These cohorts have been characterised and the comparison function provides a summary of the data that have been collected within that cohort. To compare cohorts, click on the tick box beside two or more cohorts and then scroll to the bottom of the table and click Compare.

To find a more detailed account of data that have been collected in the study, please click on the Cohort Name to see the Cohort Description. This view will also enable you to access supporting documents to further outline the methods, as well as publications arising from the study.

For a briefer overview and quick comparison, please see our cohort matrix.

Acronym Full Name Institution

UK Biobank

UK Biobank

UK Biobank

Viking Health Study Shetland

Viking Genes: Viking Health Study Shetland

The University of Edinburgh

VIKING II

Viking Genes: VIKING II Study

The University of Edinburgh

Whitehall II

Whitehall II

University College London

Whitehall II MRI

Whitehall II (MRI Substudy)

University of Oxford

ORCADES

Viking Genes: ORCADES Study

The University of Edinburgh

PICNICS

Parkinsonism: Incidence and CogNItive heterogeneity in CambridgeShire

University of Cambridge

PREVENT

The PREVENT Research Programme

West London Mental Health Trust, Imperial College London and University of Edinburgh

PRIME

PRIME (etude PRospective sur l'Infarctus du MyocardE)

Queen's University Belfast, Institute of Clinical Sciences

PROTECT

Platform for Research Online To investigate gEnetics and CogniTion and ageing

King's College London

QMIN MC

Quantitative MRI in the NHS, Memory Clinics

University of Cambridge

SAIL-DeC

The Secure Anonymised Information Linkage Databank Dementia e-Cohort

Swansea University, University of Edinburgh

SleepQuest

SleepQuest: Researching sleep to improve brain health

University of Bristol

SMC Amyloid PET

Samsung Medical Center Amyloid PET Cohort

Samsung Medical Center

TRACK HD

TRACK HD

University College London

Million Women

The Million Women Study

The University of Oxford

MRC NSHD

MRC National Survey of Health and Development

University College London

MRC_LOAD

MRC Genetic Resource for LOAD

Cardiff University

NICOLA

Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal study of Ageing

Queens University Belfast

NIMROD

Neuroimaging of Inflammation in MemoRy and Other Disorders (the NIMROD Study)

University of Cambridge

OPDC Discovery

Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre Discovery Cohort

University of Oxford

Imperial APC

Imperial Amyloid PET Cohort

Imperial College London

LBC1936

Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

University of Edinburgh

MEMENTO

MEMENTO: a cohort of outpatients from French research memory centers in order to improve knowledge on Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders

Bordeaux University Hospital

EXTEND

The Exeter 10,000 project

University of Exeter Medical School in partnership with the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

GENFI

The GENetic Frontotemporal dementia Initiative

University College London

GERAD

Genetic and Environmental Risk in Alzheimer’s Disease Consortium

Cardiff University

GS: SFHS

Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study

Universities of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee and Glasgow and NHS Scotland

GSA

Cardiff GSA Cohort

Cardiff University

HWW

HealthWise Wales

Cardiff University, Health and Care Research Wales

ICICLE-PD

The Incidence of Cognitive Impairment in Cohorts with Longitudinal Evaluation-PD

Newcastle University

EPIC Norfolk

The European Prospective Investigation of Cancer - Norfolk

University of Cambridge

EPINEF

Environmental Pollution-Induced Neurological Effects (EPINEF) study

Yonsei University College of Medicine

DFP Pilot study

A Feasibility Study for Deep and Frequent Phenotyping for Experimental Medicine in Dementia

Kings College London

DIAN

Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN) Observational Study

University College London

DPUK Synth

DPUK Synthetic dataset

University of Oxford

ELSA

The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

University College London

CFAS Wales

Cognitive Function and Ageing Study Wales

Bangor University

CHARIOT: PRO Main Study

The Cognitive Health in Ageing Register: Investigational, Observational, and Trial studies in dementia research Prospective Readiness Cohort

Imperial College London

CHARIOT: PRO Sub Study

Cognitive Health in Ageing Register: Investigational, Observational, and Trial studies in dementia research (CHARIOT): Prospective Readiness cOhort Study (PRO)

Imperial College London

CODES

COgnitive behavioural therapy vs. standardised medical care for adults with Dissociative non-Epileptic Seizures: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

King's College London

DELPHIC

Delirium and Population Health Informatics Cohort

UCL

CFAS

Cognitive Function and Ageing Study

University of Cambridge

CFAS II

Cognitive Function in Ageing Study II

University of Cambridge

BRACE

Bristol Research into Alzheimer's and Care for the Elderly

University of Bristol

Cam-CAN

Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience

University of Cambridge

CamPaIGN

Cambridgeshire Parkinsons Incidence from GP to Neurologist

University of Cambridge

CaPS

The Caerphilly Prospective Study

University of Bristol

ALSPAC (Children)

Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (Children)

University of Bristol

ALSPAC (Parents)

Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (Parents)

University of Bristol

AMPLE

AMyloid imaging for Phenotyping LEwy body dementia

Newcastle University

BDR

Brains for Dementia Research

Newcastle University

BHC

Oxford Brain Health Clinic

University of Oxford and NIHR Oxford Health BRC

BioFIND

Biomagnetic biomarkers for dementia

University of Cambridge

ACONF

Aberdeen Children of the 1950s

University of Aberdeen

Airwave

The Airwave Health Monitoring Study

Imperial College London