Atlantic PATH

The Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health (PATH) study is longitudinal cohort studying factors related to cancer and chronic disease. Atlantic PATH is a regional cohort of the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow's Health (CanPath), the largest study of its kind ever undertaken in Canada. CanPath is a pan-Canadian longitudinal cohort study investigating how genetics, the environment, lifestyle, and behaviour contribute to the development of chronic diseases. CanPath is following the health of over 330,000 people for 30 years in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The Atlantic PATH Research Portal holds data on over 36,000 participants from all four Atlantic Provinces. The dataset includes information about health, lifestyle, environment and behaviour of participants. Additionally, large subsets of participants have also provided physical measures and biological samples such as blood, urine, saliva, and toenails. More information about the questionnaires and biological samples can be found at: http://atlanticpath.ca/are-you-a-researcher The data and biological samples that participants have provided will help researchers find out why some people develop certain chronic diseases and others don’t. The data access process involves an initial consultation (to establish feasibility and provide a cost-recovery estimate), application submission and evaluation, and data access and reporting. More information about the data access process can be found at: http://atlanticpath.ca/are-you-a-researcher/access-our-data Atlantic PATH is an extraordinary resource for researchers in Atlantic Canada, it is rich in epidemiological and biological data that can help researchers save time, effort, and money that would normally need to be spent recruiting study participants and collecting data/biological samples.