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. 2025 Oct 14;54(6):dyaf171.
doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaf171.

Cohort Profile: Our Future Health

Michael B Cook  1   2   3 , Naomi Adams  1 , Ashley Adjetey  1 , Ryan Arathimos  1 , Marko Balabanovic  1 , Ros Blackwood  1   4 , Adam Booth  1 , Benjamin J Cairns  1 , Ali Connell  1 , Sidra Ellis  1 , Ben Elsworth  1 , Kate Evans  1 , Alice Forman  1 , Eva Gradovich  1 , Cosima Gretton  1 , Fiona Grimm  1 , David J Hunter  3   5 , Kamil Lipinski  1 , Jodie Lord  1 , Jane Luff  1 , Fiona Maleady-Crowe  1 , Rachel Moran  1 , Sophie North  1 , Alicia Peel  1 , Diana van der Plaat  1 , Kirstin Purves  1 , Fiona Reddington  1 , Andrew Roddam  6 , Saskia C Sanderson  4   7   8 , Tim Sprosen  1 , Adam Steventon  1 , Iain Turnbull  1   3 , Emma Vestesson  1 , Raghib Ali  1   9
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Cohort Profile: Our Future Health

Michael B Cook et al. Int J Epidemiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: biobank; cohort study; electronic health records; epidemiology; genetic research; pharmacoepidemiology; population health; research volunteers selection; surveys and questionnaires; translational research.

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Conflict of interest statement

None declared.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Timeline of Our Future Health showing participant milestones, major partnerships, and data releases. Green circles = number of consented participants. Yellow blocks = data releases. NHSBT, National Health Service Blood and Transplant; NHS-E, National Health Service—England; NPL, non-personalized letter; OLS, Office for Life Sciences; UKHDRA, UK Health Data Research Alliance; UKRI, UK Research and Innovation).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Percentages of consented adult populations by 2019 local authority districts (data as of June 2025). Mapped using OpenStreetMap [8].
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Schematic overview of current data and biological samples. An airlock is a secure method of transferring files into and out of the platform space. eDRIS, Electronic Data Research and Innovation Service.
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