Linnea Sjöberg, Researcher at the Aging Research Center (ARC) and Scientific communicator for the National E-Infrastructure for Aging Research (NEAR), KI.
The National E-infrastructure for Aging Research (NEAR)
NEAR is a unique research infrastructure that was founded in 2018. NEAR promotes and supports aging research by facilitating the use of longitudinal population-based data from renowned Swedish cohort studies on aging and health. NEAR operates through a collaboration among eight Swedish universities. It encompasses 15 databases containing comprehensive biomedical, clinical, social, and psychological health data from around 90,000 older adults followed for 12 to 52 years. NEAR’s mission is to support high-quality aging research by providing big health data while maintaining the same quality and richness as in single population-based studies.
