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

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.

Dr Kirsten Bell from the Patient Experience Research Centre (PERC) at Imperial College has recently published a report on the Participant Experience survey completed by 240 Airwave participants earlier this year.

The Airwave Tissue Bank is an epidemiological study of police officers and staff in Britain.  It was established in 2004 to investigate possible long-term health effects associated with use of TETRA, the personal radio system used by the police service. The cohort now supports broader research into common diseases affecting this well-defined occupational group.

Update: 12th September 2023: The Airwave follow-up screening phase has now concluded for this year. Thank you to all participants who attended one of our clinics in South Wales and Scotland over the past few months. 

Update: 30th November 2022: We are pleased to announce the follow-up phase of the Study will re-commence in 2023 with the first batch of invites planned to be sent in the New Year. We will initially operate in Cardiff and Carmarthen with plans to extend to other parts of Wales and Scotland.

The Airwave Study team have spent the last 2 years working on the REACT programme which has been fundamental for the Government in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. We are now looking forward to continuing the Airwave re-screening programme thanks to the kind help of our participants.