• Queen Mary University of London
  • Barts Health NHS
  • Bradford NHS
  • Manchester Uni

  • What is a gene? What is a genome?

    Genes made Easy

  • Help improve health in East London.

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  • Learn about genes, genomes and health.

    Genes & your health
  • Councillor Ahsan Khan

    "It is not fair that people in East London die nine years earlier than in West London - I want to be the first volunteer for this study."

    Councillor Ahsan Khan

Improve health in Bradford, East London and Manchester

South Asian people have some of the highest rates of heart disease, diabetes, and poor health in the UK.

Genes & Health is a research study set up to help fight against these and other major diseases. We are currently recruiting volunteers in East London Genes & Health (2015-), Bradford Genes & Health (2019-) and Manchester Genes & Health (2022-).

By involving large numbers of local Bangladeshi and Pakistani people, the study hopes to find new ways of improving health for communities in the UK and worldwide. 

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Genomics is changing healthcare

Click here to read about the latest updates from Genes & Health.

Here is the full list of Scientific Publications from Genes & Health since 2016.

Genes & Health is one of the world’s largest community-based genetics studies, aiming to improve health among people of Pakistani and Bangladeshi heritage by analysing the genes and health of 100,000 local people.

Help make communities in East London, Bradford and Manchester amongst the first to benefit from the genomics revolution in healthcare.

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