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Louise is part of a birth cohort study. When she was four, she did IQ and puzzle tests as part of the study. She is excited to continue participating in the study to help others and to inform health policy.
Louise is married and has one adult child. She is a carer and development worker in the voluntary sector. Ethnic background: White Scottish
Jennifer is part of a birth cohort study. She has received Christmas cards and short questionnaires in the post. She would like to receive more information about the study's findings.
Jennifer is married and has two adult children. She is a retired assistant for students with special needs. Ethnic background: White British
Isobel is part of a birth cohort study. She only became aware that she was involved in the study when she started receiving Christmas cards in her 60s. She has been invited to one meeting.
Isobel is divorced and has three children. She is a retired coordinator for services for the elderly. Ethnic background: White Scottish
Salma's participation in a parent-child cohort study came about around 2008. At the time, she was expecting her first child and was waiting in the hospital for a test. Her main reason for taking part in research was her interest in what causes certain diseases and how they can be prevented. In 2011, she decided to become more involved in the health research and became a parent governor.
Salma is married and has three children. She lives in an extended family group. She works as a secretary and, for the last 7 years, she has been a parent...
Derek is part of a birth cohort study. In primary school, he took a number of tests but cannot remember anything about them. In fact, he was unaware of being part of a birth cohort for some time. His parents did not talk about it and the first he knew about the study was when he started to receive annual greeting cards. He would be happy to be involved with the birth cohort again and would appreciate more information about the study.
Derek is married and has two grown-up children. He works part-time. Ethnic background: White Scottish
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: 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.
Elaine works as a healthcare assistant. She is married with two sons aged 17 and 22. Ethnic background: White British
Richard was asked to take part in a biobanking 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
Jade was part of a twin birth cohort study. She stopped taking part in the study at age 12 but cannot remember why or how this was communicated to the research team. She is considering rejoining the study.
Jade is a student. Ethnic background: White English
Lucy was a part of a longitudinal medical study. As part of involvement, she had pictures of her moles and freckles taken. At first she found this interesting, but as she got older it caused concern about whether they could be cancerous.
Lucy is in relationship and has one child. Ethnic background: White British
