Table 3.
Number and type of trainees reported by established cohort studies as of December 2010.
| Cohort study | Year cohort enrollment began | Study population location | Description of trainees | Total number trained |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framingham heart study | 1948 | USA | Research fellows and statisticians | 75–100 |
| Harvard cohorts (Nurses’ health study I & II, health professionals follow-up study) | 1976, 1989 | USA | 100 Pre-doctoral, hundreds of Master’s and post-doctoral | >300 |
| NYU women’s health study | 1985 | USA | 7 Pre-doctoral, 2 post-doctoral | 9 |
| Multi-Ethnic Cohort Study of Diet and Cancer (MEC) | 1993 | USA | Master’s, pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, and medical students/residents | >50 |
| Agricultural health study | 1993 | USA | 11 Master’s, 10 pre-doctoral, 2 medical residency/fellowship, 18 post-doctoral | 41 |
| Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS) | 1995 | USA | 14 Pre-doctoral | 14 |
| Shanghai Women’s Health Study (SWHS) | 1996 | China | Students and research fellows | >20 |
| Cohort of Swedish men | 1997 | Sweden | 2 Master’s, 9 pre-doctoral, 4 post-doctoral | 15 |
| Vitamins and Lifestyle (VITAL) Study | 2000 | USA | 2 Master’s, four pre-doctoral, 12 post-doctoral | 18 |
| Shanghai Men’s Health Study (SMHS) | 2001 | China | 8 Post-doctoral | 8 |
| Millennium cohort | 2001 | USA | 10 Master’s, 3 pre-doctoral | 13 |
| Breakthrough generations study | 2003 | UK | 1 pre-doctoral | 1 |
| Sister study | 2003 | USA | 2 Pre-doctoral, 7 post-doctoral (laboratory and clinical), 2 research fellows | 11 |
| Golestan Cohort Study (GCS) | 2004 | Iran | 14 Master’s, 25 pre-doctoral, 13 post-doctoral, 30 post-medical degree fellowship | 82 |
| California Teachers Study (CTS) | 2005 | USA | 8 Master’s, 14 pre-doctoral, 12 post-doctoral | 34 |