ORIGINS is undertaking deep sampling within our 10,000 participant cohort to build one of the largest repositories of biological and lifestyle data in Australia.
Our Databank and Biobank are receiving national and international interest from researchers requesting to access information for a range of observational and interventional projects that benefit the health and wellbeing of families.
Data drives discovery
From 2017 to 2024, pregnant mothers and their partners were recruited with informed consent to collect detailed environmental and psychosocial data using questionnaires, medical records, diagnostic tools, and biological samples.
The data forms the ORIGINS research enabling platform, which is available to researchers to assess how these early life exposures influence children's health, wellbeing, and development of chronic disease, including but not limited to neurodevelopmental disorders, allergies, obesity, and poor mental health.
ORIGINS consists of two participant groups:
- 4,000 active participants - undertake deep biological and data sampling at specific timepoints, alongside data linkage
- 6,000 routine participants - includes all routinely collected hospital data, opportunistic samples, and some linkage to government and non-government database
Please note, cohort compliance with sample and data collection protocol is not guaranteed and the volume of available data does not directly correlate with participant numbers. Please contact the ORIGINS Research and Translation team for information on availability of data and samples suitable to your research.
Got a great idea for a sub-project? Learn about how to get your sub-project approved and off the ground here.
The ORIGINS Biobank
The ORIGINS Biobank is collecting biological samples from participant families at 10 timepoints between the time of pregnancy and the child turning five years of age. An outline of participant collection timepoints and biological samples that are stored in the biobank, and available to researchers, is shown below.
"ORIGINS Biobank: A Collaborative Bio Resource for Investigating the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease" has been published in Int Journal of Enviro Research and Public Health (Jul 2023). https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/13/6297
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The ORIGINS Databank
ORIGINS is collecting physiological, biological and clinical data from the mother, partner/father and child at numerous points to track development and change. An outline of participant collection timepoints and information stored in the databank and are available to researchers is below.
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