| Consortium name |
Intergenerational Cohort Consortium |
| Abbreviation |
ICC |
| Current principal investigator/s |
Professor Craig Olsson, Dr Primrose Letcher |
| Project Contact |
Professor Craig Olsson |
| Postal address |
Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. |
| Phone |
+613 9345 4129 |
| Email |
craig.olsson@rch.org.au |
| Primary Institution |
Deakin University |
| Collaborating Institution/s |
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), Otago University, Bristol University and Groningen University. |
| Major funding sources |
Australian Research Council |
| Study website |
NA |
| Protocol paper |
Olsson, C. A., Spry, E., Letcher, P., McAnally, H., Thomson, K., Macdonald, J., Greenwood, C., Youssef, G., Romaniuk, H., Iosua, E., Sligo, J., Hutchinson, D., McIntosh, J., O’Connor, M., McGee, R., Sanson, A., Hancox, R. J., & Patton, G. C. (2020). The Australian and New Zealand Intergenerational Cohort Consortium: a study protocol for investigating mental health and well-being across generations, Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 11(2), 267-281. https://doi.org/10.1332/175795920X15792720930280 |
| Year commenced |
2019 (grant submitted 2018) |
| Australian cohorts |
Australian Temperament Project Generation 3 Study (ATPG3), Victorian Intergenerational Health Cohort Study (VIHCS). |
| International cohorts |
Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (DMHDS) Parenting Study, Trails NEXT, ALSPAC offspring. |
| Ethics approvals or requirements? |
The ICC has been approved by the Royal Children’s Hospital (Melbourne) Human Research Ethics Committee (reference HREC_38210). Each cohort obtained approval from the relevant ethics committee for data collection during the study period. The Royal Children’s Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee is the primary approver for the ATP Generation 3 Study and VIHCS. The Health and Disability Ethics Committee, Ministry of Health, New Zealand, is the approver for DMHDS Parenting Study. |
