The value of DPAU
Making data available via Dementias Platform Australia (DPAU) will ensure the generous contribution of time given by research participants will continue to yield new clues to the causes of dementia.
DPAU hosts data from CHeBA’s COSMIC collaboration, which has obtained NIH funding to bring several Australian and international studies to this platform - making them accessible to researchers around the globe. DPAU also hosts the data governed by the CHeBA Research Bank, including its cohort studies, such as the Sydney Memory & Ageing Study (MAS), Sydney Centenarian Study (SCS), and Older Australian Twins Study (OATS). Data from these cohort studies represent the work of CHeBA researchers funded by 8 NHMRC grants to the tune of $22,000,000 since 2005 and have already formed the basis of over 350 research publications. Making the data available via the DPAU will ensure the generous contribution of time given by CHeBA research participants will continue to yield new clues to the causes of dementia well into the future.