PERSIAN Cohort is proud to share the data/samples collected, with all national and international researchers interested to use them. To request data/samples from the PERSIAN Cohort Study, please submit your proposal via the PERSIAN Cohort Portal, linked at the bottom of this page.

Prior to submitting your proposal, please look over the ongoing studies section to avoid repetitive proposals and review the pertinent documents below:

Definitions and codings of all variables collected in the various PERSIAN Cohort Studies are listed in the corresponding data dictionaries. Please review all variables prior to submitting a proposal to ensure the variables you require are indeed collected in the cohorts and are available for use.

File to upload (pdf format): PERSIAN Main (Adult) Cohort Data Dictionary for Baseline Variables (Last updated 9/2020)

Guidelines on how data may be requested as well as PERSIAN Cohort authorship rules are explained in the PERSIAN Cohort Data Access and Authorship Rules. All proposals and publications must comply by the PERSIAN Cohort authorship rules. Please review them prior to submitting a proposal.

File to upload (pdf format): PERSIAN Cohort Data Access and Authorship Rules (Last updated 3/2020)

Upon acceptance of a proposal, the Data Transfer Agreement (DTA) should be completed and signed, prior to any transfer of data. Please review this agreement prior to submitting a proposal.

File to upload (word format): PERSIAN Cohort Data Transfer Agreement (Last updated 12/2019)

Upon acceptance of a proposal, the Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) should be completed and signed, prior to any transfer of biological samples. Please review this agreement prior to submitting a proposal.

File to upload (word format): PERSIAN Cohort Material Transfer Agreement (Last updated 7/2020)

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