English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

elsa-project.ac.uk/" target="_blank">The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) directed by Andrew Steptoe has received additional funding of £2,215,045 from the Departments of Work and Pensions, Health and Social Care, Transport, and the ESRC to support Wave 9 of data collection (2018-2020). This will add to existing funds from the National Institute on Aging to ensure that Wave 9 will include full interviews with existing study members and a refreshment sample, nurse visits to assess biomarkers, and an online nutritional assessment.

The ELSA team has also received supplementary funding ($80,274 - $106,834 per grant) from the National Institute on Aging to support the development of polygenic risk scores for behavioural and social phenotypes (Andrew Steptoe), comparisons between ELSA and the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (Carol Brayne and Andrew Steptoe), and continued collaboration with ELSI-Brasil (Cesar de Oliveira). Read more about ELSA

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