CELSPAC Study
CELSPAC is the youngest member of the Research Infrastructure with roots in the European Long-term Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ELSPAC). The data collected in the Czech Republic and Slovakia as part of the ELSPAC study have contributed significantly to the body of knowledge and understanding of the determinants of human health in the last 25 years. ELSPAC was launched by the WHO in the early 1990s in several European countries and coordinated by Bristol University, UK (ALSPAC: Children of the 90s and CoCo90s study).
The extensive epidemiological database created in ELSPAC made it possible to create the CELSPAC platform, which continues to expand data collection, as well as establish new long-term studies, such as The Next Generation (TNG), and other follow-up studies, building large databases in Central Europe and supporting pan-European research. The follow-up studies have also created new protocols to reflect the Exposome concept.
Close cooperation with the ALSPAC studies and the University College London (UCL) research team implementing the Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe (HAPIEE) study aim to achieve transgenerational and international uniformity and comparability among individual cohort studies. The CELSPAC biobank is being developed in cooperation with the Czech national node of the European Infrastructure Network of biobanks (BBMRI) to ensure future compatibility.
Services
We provide the following services:
Data, Samples, Tools, and Analysis
- Data (pseudonymised) from CELSPAC epidemiological studies
- Biological samples (pseudonymised) from CELSPAC
- Statistical analysis
- Protocols, questionnaires and standard operating procedures (SOP) for population studies
- Implementation of downstream CELSPAC studies
- Platforms for:
- cooperation between clinics, academics and politicians
- multidisciplinary research
- biomonitoring
Training
Our team is available for training in areas:
- Design of epidemiological studies, including ethical issues
- Statistical analyses of epidemiological data
- Collection, processing and storage of biological samples
Consulting
We provide expert advice on all aspects associated with establishing and implementing epidemiological studies or projects
Access
Our epidemiological databases have been specifically designed to allow the sharing of data in order to promote multidisciplinary research aimed at factors that can affect human health. Research proposals are individually assessed and selected by the CELSPAC Executive Board based on their quality and feasibility. The services and conditions are based on the contract concluded between the Masaryk University Faculty of Science and the applicant institution.
Access is available to academic users and researchers, including representatives of the commercial sphere and industry. Academic users and researchers can access through the Open Access project. Application for access is made at: https://openaccess.recetox.cz/. Industrial users can directly contact coordinator of RECETOX REsearch Infrastructure RNDr. Petra Růžičková, Ph.D. (openaccess@recetox.muni.cz), who will answer questions about available capacities, expertise and other conditions of cooperation.
Ethics
The CELSPAC ethics committee is the advisory body for the CELSPAC Executive Board and as such assesses ethical and legal issues pertaining to the use of the epidemiological databases, as well as ethical and legal issues related to the establishment of new Research Projects.
Contact
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