45andUp Biobank

Certification Status: Complete Education

Registration Status: Completed

Objective:

To facilitate in-depth research into factors affecting healthy ageing using the 45 and Up Study collaborative resource to give government’s reliable evidence to underpin sustainable policy and services delivery. Research questions include: What are the protective and causal factors for healthy and unhealthy ageing? What are effective models of care for people as they age? What are the causal links between environmental and lifestyle exposures and health outcomes including services use, morbidity and mortality? What are the genetic and environmental contributions of common diseases?

Registered Biobank Name	45andUp Biobank (45andUp Biobank)
Biobank Leader	Alvin Lee
Principal Investigator	Martin McNamara
Address	Plant room (basement), Old Centre for Immunology, Cnr West and Boundary Streets Darlinhgurst, NSW, Australia
Website
Email for biobank inquiries	martin.mcnamara@saxinstitute.org.au
User Type Mono: A biobank that supports a specific research project, may have few staff members, a small-scale accrual scope with little to no initial intention of releasing or distributing biospecimens to secondary parties Oligo: A biobank that supports several research groups or clinical trials, may or may not be designed to release biospecimens outside their collaborative group Poly: A biobank that has generally a larger accrual scope, resources, and multiple users outside the biobank proper	Poly - Collection aimed at supporting undetermined, multiple users with ethics approved research projects, through a defined access/application mechanism.

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