{"id":2105,"date":"2017-01-11T15:06:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T15:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2017-01-11T15:06:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T15:06:28","slug":"new-opportunity-to-influence-big-data-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2017\/01\/11\/new-opportunity-to-influence-big-data-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"New Opportunity to Influence Big Data Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2017\/01\/11\/new-opportunity-to-influence-big-data-initiative\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2017\/01\/11\/new-opportunity-to-influence-big-data-initiative\/metadac-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2106\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"972\" height=\"476\" class=\"wp-image-2106 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2017\/01\/Metadac-1.jpg\" \/><\/a>Congratulations to Dr Catherine Van Der Straeten (Senior Clinical Scientist in Translational Musculoskeletal Science and Technology) who has become the new Deputy Chair of the METADAC Big Data Initiative. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metadac.ac.uk\/\">METADAC<\/a> is a multi-agency multi-study, designed to establish an independent mechanism for the efficient and effective governance of access to biosamples and health-related data from several leading UK cohort studies. Launched in June 2015, the METADAC also seeks to provide a scalable mechanism to enable additional cohorts to be included in the future, thus relieving the need for each to produce structures, policies and guidelines at considerable additional expense.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Chair of the METADAC is a voting member of the Committee, with additional responsibilities.\u00a0 Dr Van Der Straeten will bring bio-medical expertise to complement the current Chair\u2019s social scientific background and has a strong history in the field of genetic and medical research in longitudinal studies. As part of her former job, Dr Van Der Straeten was the Medical Director of the Biobank at Ghent University Hospital, and has an extensive track record in clinical research.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Van Der Straeten has also been appointed as the\u00a0Surgery Subspecialty (Orthopaedics) Lead for Northwest London as part of the NIHR CRN. Th<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">o<\/span>rough both positions she aims to use her influence and expertise to make a difference and help create new opportunities for the Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Dr Catherine Van Der Straeten (Senior Clinical Scientist in Translational Musculoskeletal Science and Technology) who has become the new Deputy Chair of the METADAC Big Data Initiative. 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