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P3G: Towards an International Policy Platform for Population Genomics

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The widening scope of biobanking activities in recent decades necessitates purposeful networking that aggregates international efforts and expertise in population health research. To this end, the Public Population Project in Genomics and Society (P3G) has been able to streamline the process of establishing, operating and supporting the work of international biobanks since 2004. Since its inception, networking has been a central focus in all P3G initiatives. This chapter discusses P3G’s networking experiences and its evolving goals that have allowed for collaborative tool building and innovation in international biobank research. As a direct result of its networking initiatives, P3G (1) facilitates innovation, (2) improves data sharing and accessibility, and (3) continues to expand its service delivery to the international research community. Initially created to meet the increasing demands for an international consortium a decade ago, P3G has since allowed international biobanks to oversee the technical, organizational and infrastructural aspects of their research with confidence that the tools used to build them have been the product of collaboration and leadership in the field.

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  1. Centre of Genomics and Policy, McGill University, 740 Ave Dr. Penfield, Suite 5200, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3A 0G1

    Vasiliki Rahimzadeh & Bartha Maria Knoppers

  2. Public Population Project in Genomics and Society (P3G), 740 Ave Dr. Penfield, Suite 5104, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3A 0G1

    Anne Marie Tassé & Sylvie Ouellette

  3. Maelstrom Research, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, 2155 Guy Street, 4th Floor, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3H 2R9

    Isabel Fortier

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Rahimzadeh, V., Tassé, A.M., Ouellette, S., Knoppers, B.M., Fortier, I. (2017). P3G: Towards an International Policy Platform for Population Genomics. In: Hainaut, P., Vaught, J., Zatloukal, K., Pasterk, M. (eds) Biobanking of Human Biospecimens. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55120-3_9

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