The UK’s largest health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to prevent, detect and treat diseases.
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Our Future Health
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@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.social@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.socialOur latest pop-up clinic opens at Kingston University today, making it easier for young people to take part in health research. Visit us for a chat today until Thursday from 11am-6pm to learn more about our research programme and take part on the spot to help people live longer, healthier lives.
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.socialThanks to volunteers like Susan contributing their health information, together we're enabling researchers to find new ways to prevent, detect and treat breast cancer. #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth @breastcancernow.bsky.social @cancerresearchuk.org
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.socialThank you for taking part Mary.
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.socialIf you have completed these steps, that's all we need from you at this stage and this information is already helping health research. We will contact you via email in future if there are opportunities to take part in further studies or for you to receive health feedback.
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.socialThanks for taking part Mary. If you have already signed up, you can give the letter to a family member or friend. Taking part involves completing a questionnaire and visiting one of our clinics to donate a blood sample. You can check your progress by logging in to your Our Future Health account:
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.socialToday we welcome Muscular Dystrophy UK as our newest affiliate charity. As the leading charity for people living with muscular dystrophies, this partnership will enable us to improve research into these conditions which affect over 110,000 people in the UK. Read more here:
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.socialYou don’t have to be a science student to contribute to health research – but Zuriel has done both by taking part in #OurFutureHealth and helping researchers find new ways to prevent, detect and treat diseases.
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.socialData from our participants is already helping researchers make new discoveries about diseases. Professor Jennifer Quint shares how she is using #OurFutureHealth to support her research:
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.socialThank you for taking part to help people live longer, healthier lives.
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Help yourself and help others like you be represented in health research.
Find out more about your own health through analysis of your blood sample, including your risk of developing certain diseases.
Free to take part, and you get a £10 voucher.
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.socialInterested in precision recruitment to improve clinical trials for your research? Join our webinar on Thursday 22 October 3-4pm with our Chief Health Officer Lucy Mackillop and Director of Product Emma Russell, who will discuss what precision recruitment looks like in practice. Register here: 🧪
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.socialWith more young people like Elliot taking part in our research programme, we can better represent people under 40, who have often been left out of health research and new discoveries about diseases.
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.socialWe’ve got a stall at the #APNANHS conference today, come along to spin our wheel and learn more about us. We’ve enjoyed chatting with people about how #OurFutureHealth can better represent South Asian communities in research. Shout-out to one of our real participants Samina, who came to say hi!
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.socialDid you spot this mention of #OurFutureHealth in the news recently? Data from nearly 2 million of our participants shows how younger people exercise differently: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crlyqg2q3p10o
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.socialOur September research roundup is here, covering the latest studies to use our participants’ data. This month we've had 8 new studies, which look at asthma among night shift workers, maternal health, predicting heart disease in Asian communities and more:
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.socialWe’d particularly like to hear from researchers working in industry, academia and public health. Your feedback will help shape how our data is used in future, so have your say by 2 October: app.useberry.com/t/Mz7VCDhKF4...
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.socialCalling all health and life sciences researchers – we want to hear from you. We’re running a 15-minute online survey to understand how we can better help you explore and understand the data available within #OurFutureHealth. 🧪
@oxpop.bsky.socialReposted by @ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.socialMore than 1/3 of adults in England have high blood pressure and 2/3 of these are unaware of their condition according to a new study of 1.4 million adults. Oxford Population Health researchers analysed clinic blood pressure measurements collected by @ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.social buff.ly/h052TSQ
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.social“I’ve been in remission for 12 years but there’s still so much I want to understand about cancer.” For Blood Cancer Awareness Month, read why volunteer Ellie believes #OurFutureHealth can answer her questions about her blood cancer. @cancerresearchuk.org @bloodcanceruk.bsky.social