Welcome to CLOSER’s COVID-19 Longitudinal Research Hub

The UK’s longitudinal population studies adapted rapidly in response to COVID-19 by developing and launching special questionnaires for their participants to help understand the health, social, economic and behavioural impacts of the pandemic at both a national and regional level and across all generations and ages.

Containing all the new surveys, data releases, latest research and evidence and expert opinion in one place, the COVID-19 Longitudinal Research Hub is a one-stop resource for researchers, parliamentarians and policy makers, now and in the future.

Responding to COVID-19

Data and evidence from CLOSER’s longitudinal population studies have provided valuable insights for researchers and policy makers throughout the pandemic. Due to the unique nature of these studies, they can track the longer-term consequences and impacts of COVID-19 for years to come.

Recent Publications

  • National
    Mark A. Green, Martin McKee, Olivia Hamilton, Richard J. Shaw, John Macleod, Andy Boyd, The LH&W NCS Collaborative & Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi Associations between reported healthcare disruption du...
    Feb-23
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  • National
    Liang, Y.Y., Chen, Y., Feng, H., Liu, X., Ai, Q.-Y. H., Xue, H., Shu, X., Weng, F., He, Z., Ma, J., Ma, H., Ai, S., Geng, Q. & Zhang, J. Association of Social Isolation and Loneliness With Incident He...
    Mar-23
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  • National
    Bridger Staatz, C., Bann, D., Ploubidis, G.B., Goodman, A. & Silverman, R.J. Age of First Overweight and Obesity, COVID-19 and Long COVID in Two British Birth Cohorts Journal of Epidemiology and Globa...
    Mar-23
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  • National
    Zhao, L., Wirth, M.D., Petermann-Rocha, F., Parra-Soto, S., Mathers, J.C., Pell, J.P., Ho, F.K., Celis-Morales, C.A. & Hebert, J.R. Diet-Related Inflammation Is Associated with Worse COVID-19 Outcomes...
    Feb-23
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  • National
    Harris, W.S., Tintle, N.L., Sathyanarayanan, S.P. & Westra, J. Association between blood N-3 fatty acid levels and the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 in the UK Biobank American Journal of Clinical N...
    Feb-23
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  • National
    Kung, C.S.J. & Steptoe, A. Changes in Internet use patterns among older adults in England from before to after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-30882-8
    Mar-23
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  • National
    Carillo-Tudela, C., Clymo, A., Comunello, C., Jackle, A., Visschers, L. & Zentler-Munro, D. Search and reallocation in the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from the UK Labour Economics, DOI: 10.1016/j.labe...
    Jan-23
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  • Ireland
    Kelly, K., Haigh, M., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., Burke, E. & Wormald, A.D. Moral distress in carers for people with an intellectual disability who died during the COVID-19 pandemic, a template analy...
    Feb-23
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  • National
    Mendolia, S. & Walker, I. COVID-19 vaccination intentions and subsequent uptake: an analysis of the role of marginalisation in society using British longitudinal data Social Science and Medicine, DOI:...
    Mar-23
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  • National
    Kung, C.S.J., Kunz, J.S. & Shields, M.A. COVID-19 lockdowns and changes in loneliness among young people in the U.K. Social Science and Medicine, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115692
    Mar-23
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    COVID-19 Longitudinal surveys

    COVID-19 Longitudinal surveys

    Find out more about the special COVID-19 surveys, including the latest data releases, launched by longitudinal population studies in the UK.

    COVID-19 Research Tracker

    COVID-19 Research Tracker

    Explore the longitudinal research published investigating both the immediate and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    COVID-19 Evidence and insights

    COVID-19 Evidence and insights

    Discover evidence and insights from longitudinal population studies on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Explore COVID-19 survey data

    Explore COVID-19 survey data

    Search and explore COVID-19 metadata available in CLOSER Discovery, our search engine for longitudinal data.

    COVID-19 Perspectives blogs

    COVID-19 Perspectives blogs

    Read the latest blogs from our COVID-19 Perspectives series.

    Further COVID-19 related resources

    Further COVID-19 related resources

    Take a look at further useful COVID-19 research resources.