Generation Scotland: Timeline

2010 May GS:SFHS starts recruitment in Aberdeen.

2010 Apr GS:SFHS reaches 15,000 participants.

2010 April GS data used in a published study of cognitive ability and risk of cardiovascular disease.

2009 Dec GS samples contribute to a Nature Genetics publication on lung function

2010 Dec GS:21CGH recruitment completed.

2009 June 10,000th volunteer takes part in the Scottish Family Health Study. 

2009 May Recruitment to the Biomarkers for Battling Chronic Diseases project begins in Aberdeen.

2009 Jan GS:21CGH meets recruitment targets in Peterhead and Aberdeen.

2008 July Generation Scotland completes recruitment to the Donor DNA Databank (GS:3D).

2008 Jan Generation Scotland starts recruitment to the Donor DNA Databank (GS:3D) in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

2007 Nov The launch of GS:21CGH recruitment in Banff and Peterhead is marked by a Press Release and a report in The Press and Journal.

2007 May UK Biobank starts recruiting in Scotland. Generation Scotland and UK Biobank issue a joint Press Release highlighting the complementary nature of the two projects.

2007 Feb Generation Scotland starts recruitment to Genetic Health in the 21st Century (GS:21CGH) in Aberdeenshire and Edinburgh.

2006 One thousand participants enrolled in the Scottish Family Health Study in December 2006 - see Press Release.

2006 Generation Scotland hosts an international Symposium on Pharmacogenetics at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow. To see the meeting report, click here.

2006 Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee Approval is granted for the Generation Scotland Donor DNA Databank project (GS:3D).

2006 Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee approval is granted for the Generation Scotland Genetic Health in the 21st Century project (GS:21CGH).

2006 Generation Scotland is officially launched on 2nd February 2006 by Andy Kerr MSP, Minister for Health and Community Care, and Professors Andrew Morris and David Porteous at an Edinburgh Lecture presented by Professors Morris and Porteous - see Press Release.

2006 Recruitment to the Scottish Family Health Study starts in January 2006.

2005 The Scientific Group agree that the Donor DNA Databank project (GS:3D) should come under GS management and governance. 

2005 Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee Approval is granted for Phase I of the Scottish Family Health Study - see Generation Scotland Newsletter issue 6.

2005 The 21CGH and SFHS projects are jointly developed under the Generation Scotland banner - see the GHI Press Release and the Generation Scotland Newsletter Issue 5.

2004 The Chief Scientist Office funds the project 'Collection of a control cohort from the Scottish population as a national DNA resource for human genetic studies', now known as GS:3D.

2004 The Scottish Executive Health Department awards a Genetics Healthcare Initiative grant of £4.4m for the Scottish Family Health Study project (SFHS). See Generation Scotland Newsletter Issue 4.

2003 The Scottish Executive Health Department announces the Genetics Healthcare Initiative. For more information, see Newsletter Issue 2, Newsletter issue 3 and the GHI Guidance document.

2003 The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council awards a Strategic Research Development Grant of £1.79m for the project Genetic Health in the 21 st Century (21CGH).

2002 Scottish Enterprise supports Phase 2 business planning.

2002 Innogen initiates a Programme of Public Consultation and Engagement.

2002 The Generation Scotland plan is endorsed at a Discussion Dinner at the Royal Society of Edinburgh - see RSE Meeting Report

2001 Scottish Enterprise supports Phase 1 business planning.

1999 The Generation Scotland outline is endorsed by the Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Scientist.

1999 University of Edinburgh pump-primes Generation Scotland proposal.