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For the researcher community, we have written a short explanation of the issues you may wish to consider when deciding which TRE to apply to.

We've written a short document addressing certain specialist topics that may be of interest to researchers wanting to use the Airwave resource. For example:

The 2025 newsletter is now online here and everyone who has not opted out of newsletter notifications will receive an email from us in the final weeks of December.

We are delighted to report that the Airwave Study is part of the the new era of health and well-being research as part of the UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration.

For the research community, we are pleased to publish release two of the Data Dictionary overview document. This is a technical overview for researchers of research datasets, providing background on data collection and management methods as well as conventions applicable to each of the exported datasets.

Primarily for researchers benefit, the Terms of Reference of the Data Access Committee were approved at its meeting on 3rd February 2025. A further annex of guidance for applicants will be published in due course. Access the Document here

Using a mobile phone for extended periods is not linked with an increased risk of brain cancer, according to the COSMOS study.

After substantial interest from the Airwave cohort, we have recently set up the Airwave participant advisory group (APAG) comprising of 8 participants across England, Scotland and Wales. 240 participants have also recently completed a survey as part of Dr Kirsten Bell's research into Airwave study participation and involvement.