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IHCC News and Events CALL FOR NOMINATIONS – Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) 8 Open Committee Seats In accordance with the ratified IHCC Membership Agreement (link) “The SSC has 15 voting members. These comprise (of) Cohort Members elected by the IHCC membership to represent the diversity of the membership of IHCC”. In order to comply with … Read more

IHCC News and Events How the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative is Using Global Cohorts to Tackle Alzheimer’s Today, Alzheimer’s research is held back by a simple fact: we don’t fully understand the heterogeneity of the disease. Ninety percent of genomic research has studied white populations of European legacy, even though these populations only make up about … Read more

IHCC News and Events IHCC Co-Chair Dr. Geoffrey Ginsburg Gives Seminar on IHCC at University of Oxford IHCC Co-Chair, Dr. Geoffrey Ginsburg, gave a Richard Doll Seminar this week on IHCC at the University of Oxford. Richard Doll Seminars are hosted by the Nuffield Department of Population Health. They are one of the leading forums … Read more

IHCC News and Events Article Published in The Lancet Authored by Members of IHCC Leadership The International Hundred Thousand Plus Cohort Consortium: integrating large-scale cohorts to address global scientific challenges Teri A Manolio, Peter Goodhand, Geoffrey Ginsburg Large cohort studies involving hundreds of thousands of participants have been established or launched in several regions worldwide. … Read more

IHCC News and Events Announcing Recipients of 2020 IHCC Pilot Project Awards The International 100K+ Cohorts Consortium (IHCC) is pleased to announce the recipients of funding for the 2020 IHCC pilot project awards. Four projects were selected to receive funding, with awards totaling $630,000 USD. Funding for these awards is made possible through the financial … Read more

IHCC News and Events IHCC and Wellcome Trust Release COVID-19 Questionnaire IHCC has partnered with Wellcome Trust to develop a COVID-19 Questionnaire that will allow countries to assess the impact of the pandemic on individuals and households. While researchers across the world are rushing to develop a vaccine and governments are battling to slow the … Read more

IHCC News and Events Thousands of people will help scientists to track the long-term health effects of the coronavirus crisis Cohort studies that follow populations over the years have quickly pivoted to trace the physical, mental, and social consequences of COVID-19. The following article published in the scientific journal Nature highlights the involvement of IHCC … Read more