The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC): A multi-generation, longitudinal resource

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"Between April 1991 and December 1992 we enrolled >14000 pregnant women in ALSPAC resulting in 14062 live births. Mothers, fathers, children and now children of the children from this recruitment have been followed up at multiple timepoints and a wide variety of samples, exposure and outcome measures collected.Our mission is to ensure ALSPAC remains the premier multi-generational birth cohort offering unrivalled access to data and samples. We will look after the existing samples and data, improve visibility and access to the existing resource, maximise the connection of administrative data and continue collecting new data and samples.Maintaining such a valuable UK resource will enable research uniquely equipped to follow changes in health and well-being across the lifespan, what affects this, how certain factors work across generations, and how changes in society affect the health and well-being of families going through similar events 30 years apart."