ORIGINS is creating a comprehensive databank for 10,000 children over the period of antenatal care to five years of age. Using new science and technologies, the project will collect and analyse the data to answer a range of critical research questions.
A critical element of data management is the ability to link the data sets. The potential richness of information from the curation of this comprehensive, longitudinal databank collection is immense.
ORIGINS Data Sources
The ORIGINS Project collects participant data from online systems, clinic assessments, as well as via existing routinely collected data through Joondalup Health Campus and health service providers.
Data is collected across a range of research domains;
- Lifestyle
- Diet and nutrition
- Sleep
- Environment and neighbourhood
- Child health and development
- Demographics and social characteristics
- Medical history
- Skin and sun exposure
- Physical activity
- Mental health and wellbeing
All data is linked through unique identifiers in order to track individual participants as well as family units.
We anticipate that any data derived from samples (‘omics data such as metabolomics, transcriptomics, proteomics) and microbiome analyses will be available as part of the ORIGINS data portal. This work is currently under development.
Contact the Research Translation team to find out about the cost of accessing ORIGINS data and samples.
Please note: Cohort compliance with data collection protocol is not guaranteed and the volume of available data does not directly correlate with participant numbers. Please contact the ORIGINS Research and Translation team for information on availability of data and samples suitable to your research.
Available Data and Biological Samples
Learn more about The ORIGINS Databank and Biobank
The ORIGINS Project incorporates a strong emphasis on sustainability and the project is building a large repository of biological and lifestyle data not otherwise available to researchers in Australia.
The ORIGINS Biobank: ORIGINS is aiming to collect biological samples from 10,000 participant children and their families at 10 timepoints between the time of pregnancy and the child turning five years of age. Currently the Biobank has more than 300,000 samples.
The ORIGINS Databank: ORIGINS is collecting physiological, biological and clinical data from the mother, partner/father and child at numerous points to track development and change. Currently the Databank has more than 13 million data points.