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Frailomic and MID-Frail (Newsletter #9)

September 9, 2016
 - Tim Hardman

Read the latest newsletter here [1]. In this edition we report on news from partners of the Frailomic Initiative and MID-Frail study. This newsletter also provides a project status update for both studies and a list of upcoming conferences. After a busy period for MIDFrail, the Screening and Baseline visits have been completed and all the data have been monitored.

We provide an update on the shipment of biobank samples to the laboratories for the Frailomic Initiative. Both projects are entering exciting phases both looking forward to finishing the next series of MID-Frail patient visits and obtaining results first sample assays in the Frailomic Initiative.

The path to establishing a complete, sharable version of the Frailomic data – including data harmonisation and database preparation across the cohorts – was long and required a considerable effort from numerous partners. Thank you to everyone involved! Finally, the system is ready and working however, not everyone is aware of the process you need to follow to access the data. We would like to take this opportunity to provide some information and guidelines in this edition of the newsletter.

The Niche Clinical Research Associate, Alannah Symth, describes her travels to the many MID-Frail centres across Europe during her monitoring activities and the opportunity it provided to meet members of the team and experience the camaraderie we have built over our years of collaboration.

As our projects have matured our thoughts have turned to ensuring their legacy. It’s been an extremely productive period for both the Frailomic and MID-Frail Initiative in terms of publications. The first half of 2016 has been an exciting time for partners of the Frailomic Initiative, in particular – with progress having been achieved with several publications. Details can be found in our newsletters and on the project websites [2,3]. Beyond achieving the initial goals we have all been excitement by the way our initial publication plan has expanded to become a multi-channel communication strategy encompassing a broad range of message vehicle types helping us win share of voice in an active research field.

References

  1. Frailomic and MID-Frail (Newsletter #9)
  2. www.frailomic.org

About the author

Tim Hardman
Managing Director
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Dr Tim Hardman is Managing Director of Niche Science & Technology Ltd., a bespoke services CRO based in the UK. He also serves as Managing Director at Thromboserin Ltd., an early-stage biotechnology company. Dr Hardman is a keen scientist and an occasional commentator on all aspects of medicine, business and the process of drug development.

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