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Mica: An integrated web platform to support epidemiological studies
Etienne Morency ([email protected])
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What is Mica ? Mica infrastructure (Maelstrom repository) Step 1: Mica Catalogues Step 2: Mica Variables Step 3: Processing, Integration and
Dissemination Conclusion
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Software Infrastructure Mealstrom-Research
Web portal to document studies that are using our harmonization tools
Operational IT infrastructure that supports management of individual harmonization projects Integrated – Series of interrelated software (ONYX, OPAL, MICA,
DataSHIELD and DataSHaPER). Solid “communication routes” with other resources (PhenX, Molgenis, DDI):
Comprehensive – Support all steps of the harmonization process from study description to database federation and statistical analysis
Open source – Based on state-of-the-art and widely used open source frameworks, highly customizable and secure, freely available.
Toolkit to build websites for a study or a consortium Easy to install, to manage and extremely customizable
(based on Drupal and PHP)
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Architecture 3 architectures that links to the central
repository (all share core information)
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Hosted
Network
Independent
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1. Identifying and cataloguing participating studies
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Study Catalogue Mica
2. Identifying variables for harmonization
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3. Data processing, integration and dissemination
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Dataschema
Study A
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UK Biobank50,000 participants
Kora-gen1800participants
LifeGene50,000participants
HarmonizedDataset
HarmonizedDataset
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Integration with Opal
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Conclusion Other Features
Role-based access control (files, fields, content types) Dissemination of Publications/Events/Projects/News And many other extensions (calendar, publication
workflow…) Updates
Ongoing development Catalogues (Questionnaires, Access, Biosamples
Physical Measures) / Follow-up Continue the integration with existing tools Implement the central repository: Maelstrom-
Research Translations support
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