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Qatar Population Cohort Study
Deeply phenotyped population cohort collecting biospecimens, physical measurements, questionnaires, organ function, imaging, and longitudinal follow-up; it supplies samples and phenotypes for Qatar Genome Programme.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- National
- Project type
- prospective population cohort and biobank
- Research domain
- population health, genomics, imaging, and multi-omics
- Years
- 2012–
- Lifecycle status
- recruiting and following participants
- Status basis
- The current QPHI cohort page calls it the first and longest-running study, states a target of 60,000, and offers active registration and five-year follow-up.
- Status evidence date
- 2026-08-15
- Scale
- Target 60,000 participants; nearly 50,000 participants reported across the integrated QPHI ecosystem. Five-year follow-up includes repeat assessment and body/brain MRI.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Qatar Biobank · Qatar Precision Health Institute
- Partner organizations
- Qatar Foundation · Hamad Medical Corporation · Primary Health Care Corporation
- Organism / population
- Qatari adults and residents living in Qatar for at least 15 years
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- blood
- urine
- saliva
- DNA
- clinical measurements
- questionnaires
- MRI
- longitudinal follow-up
- linked genomic data
Data access
Controlled application through QPHI; no open individual-level cohort data.
Identifiers
No public accession or identifier is listed for this record.
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Large reusable national prospective cohort and biobank with direct linkage to genomic data.
Editorial note
Qatar Genome Programme sequences a subset of this cohort; counts must not be added as independent persons.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
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