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Vivli names remaining 9 Global Data Sharing Innovator Award Winners

In 2018, Vivli launched its first data analysis challenges to encourage researchers to search and request studies available on the Vivli platform. Since then, we have had received more than 250 requests.

Early last year, Vivli was excited to name ten Pioneer Winners – the first lead investigators whose data requests were successfully approved—and its first Global Data Sharing Innovator. We are excited to announce today our final nine Global Data Sharing Innovators.

Global Data Sharing Innovators are the first ten data requests that complete and publish their analysis in a peer-reviewed journal. Lead investigators of the data request team are recognized with this award and the opportunity to present the results of their research at a future global Vivli Data Sharing meeting.

 

The winners and their affiliated institution at the time of publication are:

Ahmad Abuhelwa, University of South Australia

Maria Alice Franzoi, Jules Bordet Institut

Chris Gale, University of Leeds

Laure Gossec, Sorbonne Université

Akira Kimata, University of Tsukuba

Thomas Metkus, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

José António Pereira da Silva, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Sharon Straus, St. Michael’s Hospital

Michael Szarek, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

 

View a summary of publications made as a result of research requests made on the Vivli platform.

Vivli waives data contribution fees for researchers located in low-and-middle-income countries

 

Vivli has waived fees associated with data contributions from academic researchers located in low-and-middle-income countries.

“We decided to waive these fees as it was important to remove financial barriers to data sharing,” said Rebecca Li, Executive Director of Vivli.

Learn more about the process in How to Share Data. For researchers that have any questions, please contact Vivli directly by emailing support@vivli.org

Vivli Co-founder Dr. Ida Sim to speak at CBMRT’s Transparency Summit Series

Center for Biomedical Research Transparency (CBMRT) is hosting its fourth annual global summit series with the intention to engage a diverse group of participants with a passion for increasing transparency in research practices. CBMRT will host a virtual Summit series with short sessions scheduled for February 26, March 16 and March 26.

Participants can expect a very engaged discussion on topics including research integrity, global open access policy developments, and transparency implications of research acceleration. Presentations will be deliberately brief (but content rich) to allow ample time for productive discussions to ensue.

Training videos for researchers available on YouTube

Vivli is delighted to launch the first in a series of training videos aimed at researchers interested in accessing individual participant level data (IPD).

These short and informative data sharing videos can help a first-time requester of data or a more experienced secondary analysis researcher. Topics include:

• What is typically provided in the data package? How do these documents inter-relate?
• Why are data anonymized prior to sharing and how might this affect my analysis?
• Case examples of where key information may be located in the relevant data documents

For additional ideas for our next series of training videos contact:
Info@vivli.org

If you are interested in starting a search for individual participant level data from clinical trials please see www.vivliorg.kinsta.cloud

These videos are open for use by the data sharing community. Please share them widely.

What are the Supporting Documents Provided Along with the IPD?

Why is the Data Anonymized/De-Identified Prior to Sharing?

What is a Clinical Study Report (CSR)?

Vivli Executive Director Rebecca Li to Present at PHUSE Data Transparency Winter Meeting

Vivli Executive Director, Rebecca Li, will join Critical Path Institute’s Jane Larkindale and Debra Miller from CureDuchenne for a session on Data Sharing of Rare Disease Data – Challenges and Rewards at the PHUSE Data Transparency Winter Meeting.

This live presentation can be viewed on Tuesday 19th January 2021 between 15:00–17:30 GMT (10:00 am – 12:30 pm EST). Attendees will have the opportunity to listen to three live presentations, and then participate in a joint panel discussion/Q&A session based on the content from the day.

Vivli’s Dr. Ida Sim to lead dkNET webinar entitled “Vivli: A Global Clinical Trials Data Sharing Platform”

Vivli Co-Founder Dr. Ida Sim will lead a dkNET webinar entitled “Vivli: A Global Clinical Trials Data Sharing Platform”. dkNET is a search portal that helps researchers find research resources relevant to their research and keep up to date on new tools, services and mandates to support robust and reproducible science. In this webinar, Dr. Sim will explore questions such as why organizations should share completed clinical trial data, how Vivli can help organizations share their clinical trial data, and what the process is to request data from completed studies.

View the Recording of Vivli’s 2020 Annual Meeting

“Vivli Global Researchers and Key Stakeholders – Creating Impact”

On November 10th, we gathered for a lively discussion as part of our 2020 Annual Meeting. The meeting created a dialogue between researchers and data contributors about data sharing and what can be done to further increase scientific knowledge in future.

VIEW THE RECORDING

Agenda

Welcome remarks

Vivli Update for 2020, Rebecca Li, Executive Director, Vivli

Panel: The Vivli Project Experience

  • Moderator: Marcia Levenstein, ScD, MBE, Vivli
  • John Frew, MD, Rockefeller University – First Vivli Global Data Sharing Innovator Winner
  • Areti Angeliki Veroniki, MSc, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, University of Ioannina – Member of Vivli Pioneer Award winning team
  • Jane Larkindale, DPhil, Executive Director, Rare Disease Cures Accelerator, Critical Path Institute

Panel Discussion: Cross-Platform Sharing

  • Moderator: Ida Sim, MD, PhD, Vivli, UCSF
  • Vivek Rudrapatna, MD, PhD, UCSF – Vivli Pioneer Award Winner
  • Karla Childers, Senior Director, MSJ, Strategic Projects, Johnson & Johnson
  • Liz Roberts, MSc, Senior Director, Strategic Data Opportunities Policy Lead, UCB

Invited Speakers: Data Sharing During a Time of Public Health Emergency

  • Georgina Humphreys, PhD, Clinical Data Sharing Manager, Wellcome Trust
  • Steve Kern, PhD, Deputy Director, Quantitative Sciences at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Wrap-up and Next steps

  • Rebecca Li, Executive Director, Vivli
  • Michael Stebbins, PhD, Vivli Board Chair, President of Science Advisors

AstraZeneca will share patient-level clinical study data on Vivli

“We are delighted that AstraZeneca is joining as a Vivli member and making it possible for researchers to access the data from their clinical trials,” said Rebecca Li, Vivli Executive Director.Astra Zeneca logo

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines, primarily for the treatment of diseases in three therapy areas – Oncology, Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism, and Respiratory & Immunology. Based in Cambridge, UK, AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide.

“AstraZeneca is very pleased to be joining Vivli,” said Julie Holtzople at AstraZeneca. “Through Vivli, we will strengthen our external data sharing capabilities with best-in-class research tools and the Wellcome Trust Independent Review Panel (IRP) in service of advancing human health.”

Vivli Article on Data Sharing Published in BMJ Open

Vivli is excited to announce it’s newest publication entitled Timely access to trial data
in the context of a pandemic: the time is now.

The article, published in BMJ Open, highlights how Vivli is addressing the needs of the COVID-19 challenge and demonstrates how the sharing of data collected from each trial participant enables combining of data to drive new scientific insights.

Vivli Executive Director to take part in panel at Northeastern University CLIC Annual Conference

Vivli Executive Director, Rebecca Li, will take part in a panel discussion next week as part of Northeastern University’s Center for Law, Innovation and Creativity Annual Conference.

The virtual conference, entitled This is What Democracy Looks Like – Exploring the Future of Governance Through Intellectual Property and Technology Regulation, will be held on Friday, October 16th from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm ET, and will feature discussions concerning transparency and innovation in health and medicine, election law, free speech and data privacy. Rebecca will participate in the first panel discussion on Privacy Incoherence in Medicines: The Confluence of Corporate Trade Secret, Government Non-Transparency, and AI Mediated Erosion of Patient Privacy.