The Cohorts as Platforms for Mental Health (CaPMH) study is part of a National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) programme to form an intergenerational and integrated Mental Health Research Platform by the innovative use of electronic health data including data linkage. The PEARL team will be working closely with the Bradford Institute for Health Research to enhance both the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children and the Born in Bradford birth cohort studies to establish a world leading resource for research to better understand the causes of mental health disorders.

“Improving mental health is one of the major challenges currently facing society", says Professor Macleod. "Building on the long-standing research partnership between the University of Bristol and the Bradford Institute for Health Research we will, over the next two years, establish a world-leading resource allowing researchers to meet this challenge."