As an international,
consensus-driven,
community based
organisation, the Research
Data Alliance (RDA) has
been asked to leverage on
the global RDA data
community to support the
urgent Coronavirus
COVID-19 pandemic.
As a response, RDA has
set up a fast track
Working Group titled the “RDA
COVID-19 Working Group”.
The objective of this
Working Group is to clearly
define detailed
guidelines on data
sharing and re-use under
the present COVID-19
circumstances to help
researchers follow best
practices to maximize
the efficiency of their
work. The guidelines
will focus on the
management of data
originating from
different data sources
and the development of a
system for data sharing
in public health
emergencies that
supports scientific
research. This
group will provide
recommendations on the
creation of a common
framework and the tools
and processes which should
be embedded in research
practice. Guidelines will
adhere to FAIR and other
principles and
specificities related to
omics data, clinical
research data and
epidemiological data.
The RDA COVID-19 Working
Group, which
operates according to
the RDA guiding
principles of Openness,
Consensus, Balance,
Harmonization,
Community-driven,
Non-profit and
technology-neutral,
is OPEN TO ALL. To join,
log into the RDA website
(or register for free if
you are not a member) and
then join the group at https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/rda-covid19.
If you know of a colleague
who you believe could
contribute to this group’s
objectives, please forward
this message to him/her.
For those who join this
group, online
collaborative working
documents, bi-weekly
meetings and frequent
updates will be
communicated via the group
web page and mailing list
over the coming days.
This group will work at
an unprecedented speed, to
deliver a first set of
recommendations in 4
weeks, by 15 April 2020,
and is co-chaired by:
- Juan Bicarregui, Head
of Data Division,
UKRI-STFC & EOSC
Executive Board
- Anne Cambon Thomsen,
Emeritus Research
Director CNRS & RDA
Ambassador for Health
Sciences & Research
Ethics
- Sarah Jones, Associate
Director, Digital
Curation Centre (DCC)
& EOSC Executive
Board
- Mark Leggott,
Executive Director,
Research Data Canada
& RDA Council
Co-Chair
- Priyanka Pillai,
Health Informatics
Specialist, University
of Melbourne
If you would like further
information, please
contact Hilary Hanahoe,
RDA Secretary General at hilary.hanahoe@rda-foundation.org,
or Bridget Walker, RDA
Office Manager at bridget.walker@rda-foundation.org.
