COSMIC Studies

CHeBA Consortia - COSMIC
Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium: An international consortium to combine data from population-based longitudinal cohorts studies to identify common risk factors for dementia and cognitive decline.

Member Studies: Contact Details & Summaries

Africa and the Middle East

  1. Bushehr Elderly Health (BEH) Program
  2. Epidemiology of Dementia in Central Africa (EPIDEMCA)
  3. Identification and Intervention for Dementia in Elderly Africans (IDEA) Study
  4. Ibadan Study of Ageing
  5. Indianapolis Ibadan Dementia Project
  6. Ugandan Study

Asia

  1. Atma Jaya Cognitive & Aging Research (ACtive Aging Research)
  2. Chinese Longitudinal Aging Study (CLAS)
  3. Hisayama Study
  4. Hong Kong Memory and Ageing Prospective Study (HK-MAPS)
  5. I-Lan Longitudinal Aging Study (ILAS)
  6. Korean Longitudinal Study on Cognitive Aging and Dementia (KLOSCAD)
  7. Kurihara Project
  8. LRGS TUA: Neuroprotective Model for Healthy Longevity among Malaysian Older Adults
  9. Marikina Memory and Aging Project (MMAP)
  10. MYNAH (MYsore studies of Natal effects on Ageing  and Health)
  11. Sasaguri Genkimon Study (SGS)
  12. Shanghai Aging Study
  13. Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies (SLAS I & II)
  14. Taiwan Initiative for Geriatric Epidemiological Research (TIGER)
  15. Tajiri Project

Australia

  1. Personality and Total Health (PATH) Through Life Project
  2. Sydney Memory and Ageing Study (Sydney MAS)

Europe

  1. Cognitive Function & Ageing Studies (CFAS)
  2. Etude Santé Psychologique Prévalence Risques et Traitement (ESPRIT)
  3. Faroese Septuagenarians Cohort
  4. Gothenburg H70 Birth Cohort Studies (H70)
  5. Hellenic Longitudinal Investigation of Aging and Diet (HELIAD)
  6. Invecchiamento Cerebrale in Abbiategrasso (Invece.Ab)
  7. Leiden 85-plus Study
  8. Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged (LEILA75+)
  9. Maastricht Ageing Study (MAAS)
  10. Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing (NICOLA)
  11. The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
  12. Vallecas Project
  13. ZARADEMP Project (ZARAgoza DEMentia DEPression Project)

North America

  1. The Boston Puerto Rican Health Study
  2. Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA)
  3. Einstein Aging Study (EAS)
  4. Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program (FHS-BAP)
  5. Monongahela Valley Independent Elders Survey (MoVIES)
  6. Monongahela-Youghiogheny Healthy Aging Team (MYHAT)
  7. Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA)
  8. Washington Heights Inwood and Columbia Aging Project (WHICAP)

South and Latin America

  1. 10/66 Cuba (Cuban Health and Alzheimer Study
  2. 10/66 Dominican Republic
  3. 10/66 Mexico
  4. 10/66 Peru
  5. 10/66 Puerto Rico
  6. 10/66 Venezuela
  7. The Atahualpa Project
  8. Bambui Cohort Study of Aging (BCSA)
  9. EpiFloripa Aging Study
  10. Neuroepidemiology of cognitive impairment in adults from marginal urban areas: a door-to-door population study in the Puente Piedra district, Lima, Perú
  11. Puerto Rican Elderly: Health Conditions study (PREHCO)
  12. São Paulo Ageing & Health Study (SPAH)

Multi-country

  1. The International Mobility In Aging Study (IMIAS)

Provisional Members 

  1. Mayo Clinic Study of Aging (MCSA)