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The Ethics Blog >> Research before health care
[2012-05-10] Last week I blogged about the unique status that personal data have in science. Researchers are not interested in the persons behind the data and they have no intention of returning to them; an intention that most other personal data collectors have.
In an age of increasing integrity threats, it is uplifting that biobanks and research registers function like depersonalized scientific spaces where our data can orbit between research projects without tendency to return to us and disturb us.
Scientific aims disentangle us from our data.
Simultaneously with my blogging on this topic, Mats G. Hansson here at CRB wrote a letter to Nature on almost the same subject.
Read Pär Segerdahl's post on the ethics blog >
CRB's research scores top quality in evaluation
[2012-01-31] In last year’s research evaluation at Uppsala University, CRB’s research was graded world-leading level. After the evaluation, Mats G. Hansson, director of CRB, initiated an internal process to work with the feedback from the international expert panel that looked at the centre’s research.
According to the international panel, the centre's publications “range among the top-quality in the field” and they were impressed with the creative research environment.
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- We are very happy with the good grade, Mats G. Hansson says but, he continues, we decided to use this opportunity to start a process to develop our research even further. The panel suggested efforts could be developed into larger, focused research themes, and we decided to try and do that. |
The panel also encouraged CRB to become more visible, a suggestion that has started a very interesting and creative process:
-The Ethics Blog is a result of the work we have done since the evaluation. We are also looking at improving our website structure and content. And we have decided to become more visible in the public debate and strengthen our dissemination and international collaboration activities, Mats G. Hansson says.
Evaluation: facts
The evaluation (Quality and Renewal 2011) was carried out by international expert panels. The aim was to identify strong areas and successful groups at Uppsala University, emerging science and promising initiative for future research.
The panel used a five-grade evaluation scale (1-5), with “world-leading level” and “internationally high standard,” as the top two. CRB’s top quality evaluation (grade 1) puts the centre in the highest score.
Interactive conference on biobanking
Welcome to an interactive conference on biobanks! Meet biobank researchers and industry, listen to interesting talks and participate in idea labs and workshops. Topics range from the latest technology through ethical challenges and legislation to outcome in clinical praxis and drug development. The conference is arranged by BBMRI.se on 20-21 September 2012.
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In conjunction with this conference, P3G, ISBER, BioSHaRE.EU, ENGAGE, BBMRI.se and ESBB are hosting an international biobanking summit in Uppsala.
>> HandsOn: Biboanks 20-21/9 2012
>> International Biobanking Summit: Future Directions 19/9 2012
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