CONTAGIO is a global consortium of investigators working to develop rapid response tools for future disease outbreaks.
We are building the infrastructure to fight the next pandemic.
Mission
Our mission is to support outbreak preparedness and rapid response to epidemics through the creation and maintenance of a well-coordinated cohort network.
Objectives
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Roadmap development for repurposing cohorts in preparedness for (re-)emerging infectious diseases (EIDs): See our Pandemic Preparedness Cohort Platform
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Including toolbox for the maintenance of cohorts during interepidemic periods
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Advance the interoperability of future EID cohorts to make pooling of data from the scattered cohort landscape
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Generation of clinical epidemiological tools, including electronic Case Report Forms (eCRFs) with modular character to reflect the major clinical phenotypes of EIDs and promote their use: See our CRF Builder
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Address ethical, legal, regulatory, and governance challenges for rapid (re)activation of EID cohorts: See our Ethical Data Sharing Guidelines and Legal Framework for Data Sharing Agreements
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Development of a governance model for a virtual federated biorepository of samples from EID cohorts, so Consortium partners are prepared to share characterized samples on short notice: See our Virtual Biorepository System
Pandemic Preparedness Cohort Platform
Work Packages
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Roadmap to repurpose cohort studies
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Integration of cohort research with local public health authorities
Virtual Biorepository System (VBS)
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Governance framework for VBS: sample access policies & templates
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10x10 sample sharing demonstration project
Data Collection & Sharing
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Build your eCRF tool extensions (in collaboration with ISARIC)
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Guidance for addressing measurement error in EID research
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Data sharing pipeline for multimodal EID data
Ethics and Governance of Data Repository
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Standardized steps to ethics/legal application
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Data Access Committee roadmap
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Repository and templates:
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Broad consent/waiver for future use & data sharing
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DTA/DPA
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About Us
CONTAGIO (COhorts Network To be Activated Globally In Outbreaks) is a global consortium of investigators working to create coordination mechanisms for rapid response to infectious disease (re-)emergence in low- and middle-income countries. The Consortium builds on the experience acquired through prior EC-funded projects ReCoDiD, ORCHESTRA, ZIKAlliance, and IDAMS.
CONTAGIO includes 18 partner institutions from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. The Project is funded by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe Programme (GA-Grant Agreement N. 101137283).
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