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GenV Study Protocol Publication: Building Trust, Enabling Discovery 

The Generation Victoria (GenV) study protocol is now available in BMC Public Health (January 2025), providing a transparent, peer-reviewed foundation for how Australia’s largest whole-of-population child and parent cohort was built.

Importantly, BMC is an open-access journal, meaning researchers, clinicians, and stakeholders around the world – including those already collaborating with GenV or seeking to – can freely access and cite the publication.

This paper captures not just GenV’s innovative design and broad consent model, but also the unique challenges of its launch window. GenV was the only major longitudinal cohort globally to recruit during a period marked by bushfires, COVID-19, and economic uncertainty. Documenting these conditions offers essential context for interpreting data, understanding participant engagement during that time, and planning for future shocks.

As GenV enters its next phase of data access and collaboration, this publication becomes an important resource – laying the groundwork for national and international research partnerships.

Read the publication here.

Michelle Barnett
Article by Michelle Barnett