Principles and Obstacles for Sharing Data from Environmental Health Research: Workshop Summary (2016)
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Principles and Obstacles Workshop Summary |
Robert Pool and Erin Rusch, Rapporteurs
Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Health and Medicine Division
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
Washington, DC
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This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the Colgate-Palmolive Company, the ExxonMobil Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and Royal Dutch Shell. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project.
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PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE WORKSHOP ON
PRINCIPLES AND OBSTACLES FOR SHARING DATA
FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH1
ELLEN WRIGHT CLAYTON, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
DENNIS J. DEVLIN, ExxonMobil Corporation, Irving, TX
LYNN R. GOLDMAN, George Washington University, Washington, DC
BERNARD D. GOLDSTEIN, University of Pittsburgh, PA
SUZETTE M. KIMBALL, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
DAVID KORN, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
ALAN B. MORRISON, George Washington University, Washington, DC
JEROME P. REITER, Duke University, Durham, NC
JOSEPH V. RODRICKS, ENVIRON, Arlington, VA
SUSAN L. SANTOS, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ
KIMBERLY THIGPEN TART, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
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1 The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s planning committees are solely responsible for organizing the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.
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ROUNDTABLE ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SCIENCES, RESEARCH, AND MEDICINE1
FRANK LOY (Chair), Washington, DC
LYNN R. GOLDMAN (Vice-Chair), George Washington University, Washington, DC
HENRY A. ANDERSON, Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Madison
JOHN M. BALBUS, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
JAMES K. BARTRAM, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
FAIYAZ BHOJANI, Royal Dutch Shell, The Hague, Netherlands
LINDA S. BIRNBAUM, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
LUZ CLAUDIO, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
DENNIS J. DEVLIN, ExxonMobil Corporation, Irving, TX
RICHARD A. FENSKE, University of Washington, Seattle
DAVID D. FUKUZAWA, The Kresge Foundation, Troy, MI
LUIZ A. GALVÃO, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC
BERNARD D. GOLDSTEIN, University of Pittsburgh, PA
RICHARD J. JACKSON, University of California, Los Angeles
SUZETTE M. KIMBALL, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
JAY LEMERY, University of Colorado Denver
ANDREW MAGUIRE, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC
LINDA A. MCCAULEY, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
AL MCGARTLAND, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
DAVID M. MICHAELS, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, DC
CANICE NOLAN, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
CHRISTOPHER J. PORTIER, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
PAUL SANDIFER, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Charleston, SC
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1 The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s forums and roundtables do not issue, review, or approve individual documents. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution.
SUSAN L. SANTOS, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ
JOHN D. SPENGLER, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
G. DAVID TILMAN, University of Minnesota, St. Paul
PATRICIA VERDUIN, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Piscataway, NJ
NSEDU OBOT WITHERSPOON, Children’s Environmental Health Network, Washington, DC
HAROLD ZENICK, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
HMD Staff
KATHLEEN STRATTON, Study Director
ERIN RUSCH, Associate Program Officer (until May 8, 2015)
HOPE HARE, Administrative Assistant
ROSE MARIE MARTINEZ, Director, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Reviewers
This workshop summary has been reviewed in draft form by persons chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published summary as sound as possible and to ensure that the summary meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this workshop summary:
Julia B. Brody, Silent Spring Institute
James W. Conrad, Jr., Conrad Law and Policy Counsel
Susan L. Santos, Rutgers University
Christine Thayer, National Toxicology Office of Health Assessment
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they did not see the final draft of the workshop summary before its release. The review of this summary was overseen by Sue Curry, University of Iowa. She was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this workshop summary was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this summary rests entirely with the rapporteurs and the institution.
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Contents
2 CURRENT APPROACHES AND WEAKNESSES OF THOSE APPROACHES
Federal Laws and Policies Pertaining to Data Sharing
3 THE BENEFITS OF DATA SHARING
Advances from Reproducible Research
Allowing Verification of Results
4 ISSUES AND CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH DATA SHARING
Obstacles to the Release of Data
