Risk factors for breast cancer subtypes by race and ethnicity: a scoping review

AN Hurson, TU Ahearn, H Koka… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Breast cancer consists of distinct molecular subtypes. Studies have reported
differences in risk factor associations with breast cancer subtypes, especially by tumor …

EpiVECS: exploring spatiotemporal epidemiological data using cluster embedding and interactive visualization

L Mason, B Hicks, JS Almeida - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The analysis of data over space and time is a core part of descriptive epidemiology, but the
complexity of spatiotemporal data makes this challenging. There is a need for methods that …

The FAIRification of research in real‐world evidence: A practical introduction to reproducible analytic workflows using Git and R

J Weberpals, SV Wang - Pharmacoepidemiology and drug …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Transparency and reproducibility are major prerequisites for conducting meaningful real‐
world evidence (RWE) studies that are fit for decision‐making. Many advances have been …

Sharing is caring? International society for Pharmacoepidemiology review and recommendations for sharing programming code

J Tazare, SV Wang, R Gini… - … and drug safety, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose There is increasing recognition of the importance of transparency and
reproducibility in scientific research. This study aimed to quantify the extent to which …

PRScalc, a privacy-preserving calculation of raw polygenic risk scores from direct-to-consumer genomics data

L Sandoval, S Jafri, JB Balasubramanian… - Bioinformatics …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Motivation Currently, the Polygenic Score (PGS) Catalog curates over 400
publications on over 500 traits corresponding to over 3000 polygenic risk scores (PRSs). To …

Building transparency and reproducibility into the practice of pharmacoepidemiology and outcomes research

SV Wang, A Pottegård - American Journal of Epidemiology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Real-world evidence (RWE) studies are increasingly used to inform policy and clinical
decisions. However, there remain concerns about the credibility and reproducibility of RWE …

Wasm-iCARE: a portable and privacy-preserving web module to build, validate, and apply absolute risk models

JB Balasubramanian, PP Choudhury… - JAMIA …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Absolute risk models estimate an individual's future disease risk over a specified
time interval. Applications utilizing server-side risk tooling, the R-based iCARE (R-iCARE), to …

International scientific communication on COVID-19 data: management pitfalls understanding

L Tzivian, A Benis, A Rusakova… - Journal of Public …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background During the pandemic, countries utilized various forms of statistical estimations
of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) impact. Differences between databases make …

Policy instruments for the governance of the social drivers of health data in clinical and research settings: a policy mapping brief

YA Levites Strekalova, X Wang, S Midence… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
This paper maps policy instrument use for the social drivers of health (SDoH) data
governance in clinical and research settings. In the United States, Centers for Medicare and …

Understanding disparities in the burden of mortality as a step towards health equity in the USA

JB Vo, GL Gierach - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Health equity as defined by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities is
“the principle underlying the continual process of assuring that all individuals or populations …