The Raine Study

Are you an early career health/medical scientist or clinician? Planning a research project for 2026 using a ready-made data platform with longitudinal, prospective data? This might be just what you're looking for. Funding opportunity: The Raine Medical Research Foundation Priming Grants is now accepting Expressions of Interest for Priming Grants. These two-year grants (2026-2027) support research into investigations into the nature, origin, and cause of human disease, as well as prevention, cure, alleviation and combating of such disease. This program is intended particularly for those progressing towards an independent research career. Grants may cover salaries of researchers and/or technical staff, small equipment, and consumables, and shall not normally exceed $250,000 total. Partnership funding will be considered in support of top successful applicants in areas of child health and mental health. 4 March 2025 10am (AWST) EOI: applications close. 8 May 2025: Shortlisted applications will be invited to submit a full application. Nov/Dec: Grants announced More information:  https://bit.ly/3CGpCyp Data Opportunity: Consider usingThe Raine Study data which includes 35 years of health and wellbeing data across 4 generations from pre-birth to middle age.  Benefits include: ·        Efficiency. Streamlined access to cleaned, well-governed data set, saving logistical and financial processes and fast-tracks translation of your research. ·        Connection with research collaborators from our Special Interest Groups like mental health, cardiometabolic, diet, and more. See our groups here https://bit.ly/3BveZ0M ·        30 million pieces of genetic and epigenetic data points, 30,000 behavioural, environmental, social and phenotypic pieces of information on each participant and 170,000 curated biological samples. ·        Support. We assist with aligning your application to Raine Study internal and governance processes including feasibility, ethics applications, and scientific making it ideal for early career researchers. The University of Western Australia Curtin University Edith Cowan University Murdoch University The University of Notre Dame AustraliaThe Kids Research Institute Australia Women and Infants Research Foundation Flinders University University of Newcastle

Happy holidays to our LinkedIn community, but especially our Raine Study researchers. We're taking a break from 5pm Thursday, 19 December 2024, returning to the office on Monday 6th January 2025. Researchers - please note that project submissions, manuscript submissions, data or bio sample requests and/or any amendments will not be addressed until Monday, 13 January 2025 onwards. The Raine Study team would like to wish everyone a happy holiday season, and a new year filled with research so ground-breaking that even your statistics do a happy dance. Answer: They needed one well-earned standard deviation. #cohortstudies The University of Western Australia Curtin University Edith Cowan University Murdoch University The University of Notre Dame Australia The Kids Research Institute Australia Women and Infants Research Foundation Flinders University University of Newcastle

Considering Honours, Masters or a PhD? The Raine Study supports student and early career researchers with extensive, time and cost-effective cohort data that has already been meticulously collected and cleaned. As the world's oldest pre-birth longitudinal study, the Raine Study is one of the most successful and extensive cohort studies of pregnancy, childhood and adulthood ever undertaken. Over the last 35 years, this pioneering study focuses on understanding the multifaceted interactions of genetics, environment, behaviour and developmental outcomes to advance human health and wellbeing. We facilitate limitless opportunities for #researchers to access rich and valuable sources of evidence about developmental origins of health and disease. The main cohort, Generation 2, have completed 17 follow ups from infancy, into adolescence and now adulthood. They have been comprehensively phenotyped through questionnaires, clinical parameters and data on genetics such as GWAS, exomes, telomeres and epigenetic profiles are also available. Selected data is also available on the parents (the biological parents), and partners of Generation 2. In 2024, we began recruitment of Generation 3, the babies of Generation 2. We have 13 special interest groups, covering diverse research areas like cardiometabolic, genetics, mental health, cognition, reproduction, sleep, activity, and more. Leaders of these groups are well positioned to supervise projects using Raine Study data. View all our groups here https://bit.ly/3BveZ0M or find the contact details of our leaders here https://bit.ly/41K52qK Two exciting projects are currently looking for enthusiastic researchers. "Intergenerational Comparison of Food Intake and Health Outcomes". Supervisor: Therese O'Sullivan from Edith Cowan University. If you're a PhD student, consider "Uncovering a Hidden Culprit of Heart Disease". Supervisor Trevor Mori from The University of Western Australia. View these two project details here https://bit.ly/3BAECNJ Consider leveraging 35 years of Raine Study data to complete your upcoming research project. Feel free to share this opportunity with your peers.

Exciting news for health and medical researchers! Explore the new website launched by Department of Health (WA Health) and Office of Medical Research and Innovation. It is a one-stop hub for researchers across Australia, providing an overview of the entire Western Australian health and medical research sector which spans government, universities, health care and medical research institutes. It also covers a range of industry services, start-ups, companies, and networks. It is designed to provide an entry into WA's thriving sector, to connect the many organisations, and to champion our state's health and medical research and innovation strengths and opportunities. Visit the website here https://bit.ly/41rxVYM A standout feature is the FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES DASHBOARD - a centralised tool listing all current and upcoming funding opportunities across various research programs. Visit the dashboard here https://bit.ly/41sQUSX Explore options to leverage this resource to enhance collaboration, streamline funding applications, and continue advancing health and medical research in Australia.

Exciting news for health and medical researchers! Explore the new website launched by Department of Health (WA Health) and Office of Medical Research and Innovation. It is a one-stop hub for researchers across Australia, providing an overview of the entire Western Australian health and medical research sector which spans government, universities, health care and medical research institutes. It also covers a range of industry services, start-ups, companies, and networks. It is designed to provide an entry into WA's thriving sector, to connect the many organisations, and to champion our state's health and medical research and innovation strengths and opportunities. Visit the website here https://bit.ly/41rxVYM A standout feature is the FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES DASHBOARD - a centralised tool listing all current and upcoming funding opportunities across various research programs. Visit the dashboard here https://bit.ly/41sQUSX Explore options to leverage this resource to enhance collaboration, streamline funding applications, and continue advancing health and medical research in Australia.

Let's talk about sleep research with Professor Peter Eastwood from Murdoch University. Professor Eastwood highlighted over 25 research publications using sleep data from The Raine Study at our recent 2024 Raine Study Symposium. Studies have identified links between sleep, sleep disorders (like obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia), cardiovascular function, physical activity, and more. Discover how the Raine Study's extensive and high quality data has a broad influence, contributing to national initiatives like the Commonwealth of Australia's Parliamentary Inquiry into Sleep Health Awareness. To see the hugely positive influence of cohort studies like The Raine Study, watch Professor Eastwood's 20 minute presentation, and other Symposium talks, here https://bit.ly/4efpcvH Inquiry into Sleep Health Awareness report (titled Bedtime Reading) https://bit.ly/3VupHLy #cohortstudies #sleepresearch

Longitudinal studies, like the Raine Study, thrive thanks to the generosity of volunteers/participants who return for regular assessments. Today is International Volunteer Day, and we celebrate our Generation 2 participants, the 'Raine babies' (all born between 1989 and 1991) who are all now in their 30's. Some are returning with their own children, giving rise to a record-breaking 3rd generation of Raine Study participants. Hear what they shared at our recent 2024 Symposium held at The University of Western Australia, about their experiences, and why they keep coming back. (27 minute view) https://lnkd.in/gBzMexCk You can view all 2024 Symposium presentations on our website here https://bit.ly/4efpcvH #cohortstudies #volunteersmakeadifference

Today, on International Volunteer Day, we honour the thousands of dedicated Raine Study participants who generously volunteer their time. Their commitment to providing invaluable biological and lifestyle data has been instrumental in delivering data to researchers around the world and facilitated over 750 scientific publications over the past 35 years. Their volunteering efforts are not just data points. They are the foundation of ground-breaking discoveries that improve lives globally. Here's to the amazing impact we continue to make, together. #RaineStudy #Volunteers #HealthResearch

The Raine Study is honoured to have the Governor of Western Australia, His Excellency The Honourable Chris Dawson and his wife Mrs Derrilyn Dawson as Co-Patrons. Come along and experience Christmas at Government House during the special festive open weekend on Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 December 2024. Bring a picnic rug and sing along to classic Christmas carols in the Gardens or indulge in the culinary delights on offer within the Consular Corps World of Food festival. The open weekend will also include self-guided tours of the historic Government House and a visit from Santa! This is a FREE event! Date: Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 December 2024 Time: 3 pm until 7 pm Location: Government House, 13 St Georges Terrace, Perth. Access via Gates on St Georges Terrace, Terrace Road and the Council House Laneway will all be open. For more information visit https://lnkd.in/defnZasD Government House WA

Did you know the Raine Study has been running for a record-breaking 35 years? Hear from the Raine Study's Scientific Director, Associate Professor Rebecca Glauert, about the study's 2024 activities and why she called it "a hive of activity". 17 min view. https://bit.ly/3ZnDNjd Or view all presentations from the 2024 Raine Study symposium held at the UWA Club at The University of Western Australia (UWA) on 8 November here https://bit.ly/4efpcvH #cohortstudies