Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences (Jan 2019)
Rationale for a Swedish cohort consortium
- Johan Sundström,
- Cecilia Björkelund,
- Vilmantas Giedraitis,
- Per-Olof Hansson,
- Marieann Högman,
- Christer Janson,
- Ilona Koupil,
- Margareta Kristenson,
- Ylva Trolle Lagerros,
- Jerzy Leppert,
- Lars Lind,
- Lauren Lissner,
- Ingegerd Johansson,
- Jonas F. Ludvigsson,
- Peter M. Nilsson,
- Håkan Olsson,
- Nancy L. Pedersen,
- Andreas Rosenblad,
- Annika Rosengren,
- Sven Sandin,
- Tomas Snäckerström,
- Magnus Stenbeck,
- Stefan Söderberg,
- Elisabete Weiderpass,
- Anders Wanhainen,
- Patrik Wennberg,
- Isabel Fortier,
- Susanne Heller,
- Maria Storgärds,
- Bodil Svennblad
Affiliations
- Johan Sundström
- Uppsala University
- Cecilia Björkelund
- Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
- Vilmantas Giedraitis
- Uppsala University
- Per-Olof Hansson
- Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
- Marieann Högman
- Uppsala University
- Christer Janson
- Uppsala University
- Ilona Koupil
- Stockholm University
- Margareta Kristenson
- Linköping University
- Ylva Trolle Lagerros
- Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet
- Jerzy Leppert
- Västerås Centre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University
- Lars Lind
- Uppsala University
- Lauren Lissner
- Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
- Ingegerd Johansson
- Umeå University
- Jonas F. Ludvigsson
- Karolinska Institutet
- Peter M. Nilsson
- Skane University Hospital, Malmö, Lund University
- Håkan Olsson
- Cancer Epidemiology, Lund University
- Nancy L. Pedersen
- Karolinska Institutet
- Andreas Rosenblad
- Västerås Centre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University
- Annika Rosengren
- Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
- Sven Sandin
- Karolinska Institutet
- Tomas Snäckerström
- Uppsala Clinical Research Center (UCR)
- Magnus Stenbeck
- Karolinska Institutet
- Stefan Söderberg
- and Heart Center, Umeå University
- Elisabete Weiderpass
- Karolinska Institutet
- Anders Wanhainen
- Uppsala University
- Patrik Wennberg
- Family Medicine, Umeå University
- Isabel Fortier
- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
- Susanne Heller
- Uppsala Clinical Research Center (UCR)
- Maria Storgärds
- Uppsala Clinical Research Center (UCR)
- Bodil Svennblad
- Uppsala Clinical Research Center (UCR)
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03009734.2018.1556754
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 124,
no. 1
pp. 21 – 28
Abstract
We herein outline the rationale for a Swedish cohort consortium, aiming to facilitate greater use of Swedish cohorts for world-class research. Coordination of all Swedish prospective population-based cohorts in a common infrastructure would enable more precise research findings and facilitate research on rare exposures and outcomes, leading to better utilization of study participants’ data, better return of funders’ investments, and higher benefit to patients and populations. We motivate the proposed infrastructure partly by lessons learned from a pilot study encompassing data from 21 cohorts. We envisage a standing Swedish cohort consortium that would drive development of epidemiological research methods and strengthen the Swedish as well as international epidemiological competence, community, and competitiveness.
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