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Richard was asked to take part in the UK Biobank study and decided not to. He has taken part in other medical research in the past.
Richard is an NHS Manager. He is married with two children, aged 14 and 12. Ethnic background’ White British
Elaine has taken part as a healthy volunteer in several diabetes and metabolism research studies, where she has given blood and tissue samples. Healthy volunteers help researchers understand how influences such as diet and weight interact with our genes.
works as a healthcare assistant. She is married with two sons aged 17 and 22. Ethnic background’ white British.
Claire was invited to take part in the UK Biobank, and was happy to take part. She is very interested in supporting medical research.
Claire works as an NHS manager in a big acute trust. She is single. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.
Chris has been a healthy volunteer in several biobanking studies over a number of years. She started with the UK Biobank, but has since become a regular healthy participant in diabetes research. She likes to feel she is helping others.
Chris is a finance office manager. She is divorced and has no children. Ethnic background/nationality: White English.
Gareth has taken part as a healthy volunteer in two studies run by a diabetes research group, including a recent one which involved giving him adrenaline and taking fat biopsies. He declined to take part in one which involved being injected with insulin.
Gareth is an engineering manager. He is married with two teenage children. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.
Jennifer has taken part in two biobanking studies as a healthy volunteer' the UK Biobank, and a research programme on Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) and minor stroke.
Jennifer is married with two adult children. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.
Julie has taken part in several research studies, including donating blood and urine samples to a local project to improve identification and treatment of women with pre-eclampsia in pregnancy. She also took part in the UK National Biobank study.
Julie is an educational consultant and writer. She is married with a 3-month old baby, and is taking a career break to look after him. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.
Shelley has a history of complications in pregnancy and lost her first two babies. She is grateful for the care at a special unit for high risk pregnancies, so she was very willing to take part in biobanking research there.
Shelley is married with two children. She is a full-time mother. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.
Ruth donated stem cells from her umbilical cord for medical research after giving birth to her son.
Ruth works in health research management. She is married and has one son. Ethnic background’ White British.
Tony and his partner recently took part in a biobanking study, which involved donating samples of urine and blood for future use.
Tony is a lecturer in art and design. He has a partner (BIO21) and they have two children aged 16 & 13. His ethnic background is Anglo-Irish.
