Twin event at IRD – First RUG COTASS 3
PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT (PPIE) IN THE ETHICAL DESIGN OF RESEARCH Twin event at IRD – First RUG COTASS 3
Colombo Twin and Singleton Study – Development Project
Colombo Twin and Singleton Study – Development Project (CoTaSS 3)Study Title Causal mechanisms behind intergenerational transmission of nutritional choices and their association with metabolic risk indicators Introduction Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) globally have undergone rapid urbanisation, and changes in demography and health behaviours. Whilst life expectancy at birth for many LMICs has improved, disease…
South Asian Early Development & Research Capacity Building Project
South Asian Early Development & Research Capacity Building ProjectThe Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom (MRC-UK) launched ‘Confidence in Global Mental Health Research: Institutional “pump-priming” awards to develop new opportunities in Global Mental Health Research’ in July 2017 . Through these awards, the MRC-UK offered a one year grant opportunity to lay the grounds…
Colombo Twin and Singleton Follow-up Study
Colombo Twin and Singleton Follow-up Study Strong evidence exists which suggests associations between cardiovascular disease, diabetes and depression. The Colombo Twin and Singleton Study follow-up Study (CoTaSS 2) seeks to explore this in the Sri Lankan population and estimate the extent of overlapping genetic and environmental influences. This is the follow-up study of the population…
Colombo Twin and Singleton Study
Colombo Twin and Singleton Study A population-based twin register was established in the Colombo district of Sri Lanka using infrastructure designed to periodically update the electoral register. We invited a subsample from this register to participate in the project on common mental disorders, using random ascertainment. A separate non-twin sample was randomly selected from the…