GenV (Generation Victoria)
Together we can transform health and wellbeing. Join over 100,000 Victorians making this happen.
Watch as Alice asks Professor Margie Danchin about GenV and why it's important to study the lives of parents and their babies.
Watch as Alice asks Professor Margie Danchin about GenV and why it's important to study the lives of parents and their babies.
GenV is a research initiative designed to advance health and wellbeing in smarter and faster ways, designed to answer multiple questions such as preterm birth, mental illness, obesity, learning, allergies and more.
Join us in Australia’s largest study of children and parents and be a part of improving the quality of life for all children and parents.
Why GenV is significant to research
GenV’s primary objective is to create large, parallel whole-of-state birth and parent cohorts for discovery and interventional research.
It will enable researchers to explore the issues affecting Victoria’s children and their families with greater speed and precision than we can today, allowing them to explore the critical links between environmental exposures, genome (genetics), physical characteristics and later outcomes across the life course.
GenV will generate translatable evidence — including novel approaches to prediction, prevention, treatments, and services — to improve future wellbeing and reduce the future disease burden of all children and the adults they become.
GenV’s focus areas
We aim to build a communal resource with and for researchers, practitioners, policy and service delivery people now and into the future.
Our six key focus areas are:
- Mental Health and wellbeing
- Obesity and diabetes
- Allergy, immunity and infection
- Development and learning
- Organ health
- Healthy environments
Visit our website for more information on the GenV framework, focus areas and how we are building GenV's impact through research.
GenV people
- Scientific Director: Professor Melissa Wake
- Deputy Director, Equity & Translation: Professor Sharon Goldfeld
- Deputy Director, Biosciences: Professor Richard Saffery
GenV student and volunteer program
Please visit the GenV Student and Volunteer Program page on our website for more information on current opportunities and how to apply.
Careers at GenV
For information on the current job opportunities at GenV, please visit the GenV careers page.
GenV supporters and partners
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH)
MCRI is the largest child health research institute in Australia and one of the top three worldwide, with over 1200 talented researchers dedicated to making discoveries to prevent and treat childhood conditions.
The University of Melbourne
Consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, the University of Melbourne is a public-spirited institution that makes distinctive contributions to society in research, learning and teaching and engagement.
Paul Ramsay Foundation (PRF) - Partners with individuals and organisations offering new ways to support disadvantaged people and communities and to achieve lasting change, focused on health, education and early childhood.
Victorian Government
The Department of Health (DH) and the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) deliver policies, programs and services that support and enhance the health and wellbeing of all Victorians.
Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation
The RCH Foundation supports the hospital and its campus partners to push the boundaries of paediatric healthcare by supporting care, treatment, research and learning that will improve the lives of young people and their families.
Contact GenV
If you would like to contact GenV, please email us at show email address .
You can also visit our Contact page on the GenV website and join over 110,000 children and parents in GenV.