1. The emergence of networks in human genome epidemiology - Challenges and opportunities
- Author
-
Georgia Salanti, Patricia A. Buffler, Teri A. Manolio, André G. Uitterlinden, Molly S. Bray, Ross Duncan, Marta Gwinn, Nicholas J. Wareham, Mia Hashibe, Paolo Vineis, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Melissa L. Bondy, Muin J. Khoury, John P. A. Ioannidis, Julian Little, Daniela Seminara, David J. Hunter, Nelleke A. Gruis, Paul Brenchley, George Davey Smith, Elio Riboli, Thomas R. O'Brien, Paolo Boffetta, John Danesh, Julian P T Higgins, Deborah M. Winn, Emanuela Taioli, Nic Timpson, Beatrice Malmer, Siobhan M. Dolan, Anand P. Chokkalingam, Juan P. Casas, Jonine L. Bernstein, Julia Newton-Bishop, Ron Zimmern, Demetrius M. Maraganore, Internal Medicine, Seminara, D., Khoury, M.J., O'Brien, T.R., Manolio, T., Gwinn, M.L., Little, J., Higgins, J.P.T., Bernstein, J.L., Boffetta, P., Bondy, M., Bray, M.S., Brenchley, P.E., Buffler, P.A., Casas, J.P., Chokkalingam, A.P., Danesh, J., Smith, G.D., Dolan, S., Duncan, R., Gruis, N.A., Hashibe, M., Hunter, D., Jarvelin, M.-R., Malmer, B., Maraganore, D.M., Newton-Bishop, J.A., Riboli, E., Salanti, G., Taioli, E., Timpson, N., Uitterlinden, A.G., Vineis, P., Wareham, N., Winn, D.M., Zimmern, R., and Ioannidis, J.P.A.
- Subjects
Information Services ,Information Services/*organization & administration/standards/trends ,Internet ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Hardware_MEMORYSTRUCTURES ,Knowledge management ,Human genome ,Genome, Human ,Epidemiology ,business.industry ,Public health ,MEDLINE ,Epidemiologic Methods ,Resource (project management) ,Genetic epidemiology ,Global network ,Humans ,Medicine ,The Internet ,business - Abstract
The Human Genome Epidemiology Network (HuGENet) recently launched a global network of consortia working on human genome epidemiology. This Network of Investigator Networks aims to create a resource to share information, offer methodologic support, generate inclusive overviews of studies conducted in specific fields, and to facilitate rapid confirmation of findings. In October 2005, HuGENet brought together representatives from established and emerging networks in order to share their experiences at a workshop in Cambridge, United Kingdom. In advance of the meeting, a qualitative questionnaire was distributed to workshop participants. The questionnaire elicited information on experiences and practices in building and maintaining consortia. This chapter reports on the numerous challenges and their possible solutions as identified by the workshop participants, as well as new opportunities offered by the network approach to genetic and genomic epidemiology.
- Published
- 2007