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A.1.8 Preparatory work for <strong>the</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Cohort</strong><br />

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A.1 Introduction and overview<br />

Since 2009, <strong>the</strong> planning and preparation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Cohort</strong> has been underway. The<br />

most important activities are summarized in Table 1.5, for details see Part B.<br />

Table 1.5: Preparatory activities for <strong>the</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Cohort</strong><br />

Activity Time<br />

General<br />

Funding <strong>of</strong> pilot phase within Helmholtz (after international review) 2008-13<br />

Preparatory workshop with universities in Heidelberg (220 participants, 180 abstracts) 2008<br />

Epidemiologic planning committee (EPC) established (members from Helmholtz and<br />

universities, guests)<br />

2009<br />

Project management team (PMT) established (at Helmholtz) 2009<br />

Thematic working groups established (17 topics, over 230 members, 3/4 from universities) 2009<br />

Decision on clusters and study centers for field work (after international review) 2009<br />

Ad hoc working group on governance and financing (between BMBF and Federal States) 2010<br />

Funding <strong>of</strong> feasibility study for universities by BMBF (complementary to funding within<br />

Helmholtz)<br />

2010-12<br />

Ethical clearance for feasibility study from ethics committee Munich 2010<br />

Discussion <strong>of</strong> draft <strong>of</strong> data safety concept with federal and state data protection <strong>of</strong>ficers (in<br />

Wiesbaden)<br />

Level 1, level 2<br />

2010<br />

Several planning visits <strong>of</strong> UK Biobank (at Imperial College, field work in London) 2010<br />

Planning visit <strong>of</strong> LifeGene (at Karolinska Stockholm) 2009<br />

Planning visit from CONSTANCES (at HMGU Munich) 2010<br />

Planning visits for biorepository (at UK Biobank Manchester, Karolinska Stockholm,<br />

several providers)<br />

MRI program<br />

2009-10<br />

Several planning visits <strong>of</strong> UK Biobank (at Imperial College London) 2010<br />

International planning workshop (at Helmholtz Berlin) 2010<br />

A.1

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