Learn about GenV: your opportunity to create a healthier future GenV is a research project built by Victorian families for all families. If you join, you will contribute to healthier children, parents, and families in the future.
Improving care and development through world-class research GenV will work in partnership with Victoria’s health organisations to collect data that will enhance researchers' capacity to understand patient outcomes.
Comprehensive research for precision policy and service delivery GenV aims to transform how we conduct research into health and wellbeing, establishing the foundations for new approaches to data-led policy and strategy development, and the strengthening of service delivery.
Our achievements, partners and key people Learn more about GenV’s collaborative partnerships with leading universities, institutes, and service providers, and meet the people who help to bring our exciting vision to life.
GenV Cohort Profile Publication: Reflecting Real Communities, Enabling Better Research What’s happening at GenV? The GenV cohort profile paper is now published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, providing a clear, peer-reviewed picture of… Read more
Meet GenV parent Beau! GenV Parents Generation Victoria (GenV) is a research project with a simple but hugely important goal: To transform the health and wellbeing… Read more
Better food for every child: How GenV’s data is helping make toddler food healthier Media centre Parents want to give their children healthy food – but not all products on supermarket shelves make that easy. As… Read more
How Learning Early Can Help Us Stay Healthy – And How GenV Is Helping Media centre Did you know that going to a quality kinder or childcare can help kids stay healthy later in life? A… Read more
From Cell to Society: How GenV’s Biosamples Are Powering Discovery What’s happening at GenV? At GenV, we believe that understanding health means looking at the whole picture – from the cells in our bodies… Read more
Children’s Week Spotlight: Giving Kids a Say in GenV Spotlight on GenV It’s Children’s Week! This week is all about celebrating kids and their rights. The 2025 theme is “Everyone should know… Read more
Why GenV Matters for Our Health – Now and for the Future Media centre Every day, our bodies are affected by the world around us. This includes the air we breathe, the food we… Read more
New language tasks in GenV & Me: why your child’s voice matters Spotlight on GenV Most of GenV happens in the background. A few times a year we check in with families through short surveys… Read more
Meet GenV parent Tricia and daughters Charli and Summer! GenV Parents We love hearing from our GenV families! It takes a whole community of families to make GenV possible. Every family’s… Read more
GenV Helps Make Vaccines Safer for Babies Media centre RSV or Respiratory Syncytial Virus is a common virus that spreads easily. It can cause serious illness in babies and… Read more
GenV Study Protocol Publication: Building Trust, Enabling Discovery What’s happening at GenV? The Generation Victoria (GenV) study protocol is now available in BMC Public Health (January 2025), providing a transparent, peer-reviewed foundation… Read more
GenV States the Case for Linking Victoria’s MCH Data What’s happening at GenV? A recent Medical Journal of Australia article (April 2025) highlights the untapped potential of Victoria’s Maternal and Child Health (MCH)… Read more