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Building Team Science – Opportunities to Propose Ancillary Studies to the Framingham Heart Study |
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Building Team Science Opportunities to Propose Ancillary Studies to the Framingham Heart Study. November 1, 2013. As described in the previous post, Transformation is in the airfuture directions in epidemiology, the NHLBI described a planned limited contract renewal of the Framingham Heart Study. The new contract, to start in 2015, will begin the transformation of epidemiology and will have a different structure and format from the previous scientific work scope. Consequently, Framingham Heart Study ...
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Results-based accountability – beyond counting widgets |
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Results-based accountability – beyond counting widgets. June 25, 2012. There is increasing demand to justify investments made in biomedical research (as discussed in these papers: Macilwain. Some metrics that have been applied to individuals for performance evaluation and promotion, such as numbers of publications and citations, are now being applied to research projects. What are the appropriate metrics for productivity and impact of general biomedical research, and in particular epidemiology studies?
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Embedding clinical interventions in observational cohort studies |
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Embedding clinical interventions in observational cohort studies. November 6, 2012. An observational cohort study, with well-characterized participants, comprehensive event identification, and extensive infrastructure, may offer a platform to conduct clinical trials or community interventions. At the same time, an intervention could impact the data collection, analysis, and interpretation of longitudinal studies. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this hybrid design? From → EPI Forum. Epidemiol...
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