Newcastle HEALTHEARTH Network -
Research - Hunter Cohort Study

The Hunter Cohort Study is a cross-faculty longitudinal (cohort) study of chronic disease in the Hunter (N = 10,000). A representative sample of healthy community-dwelling men and women ages 55 years and older, living within the Hunter Area Health Service catchment area, will be drawn randomly from the Commonwealth Electoral Roll for this study.

The aim of this project is to offer a unique public health, clinical, genetic, health services and pharmacologic resource. There is no other cohort of this size aimed at this segment of the population, with the breadth of measures used here, including physical, social, environmental, sensory, quality of life, nutritional, biochemical, and genetic.  As a large cohort study with extensive baseline data collection and a wide network of collaborators from a range of scientific disciplines, this project will answer a multitude of relevant research questions about pressing current and future ageing issues.