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A P3G generic access agreement for population genomic studies

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The Public Population Project in Genomics and Society (P3G) is a not-for-profit consortium that provides the international research community with access to the expertise, resources and innovative tools for the harmonization of health and social sciences research (http://www.p3gconsortium.org/). The Generic Access Agreement (GAA; Supplementary Note) is a tool P3G has developed for use by population genomic studies (also often called biobanks or resources). Over the past decade, in anticipation of expanding demand for access by researchers and industry, large population studies collecting DNA samples worldwide have been developing access principles and policies to ensure ethical and legal access procedures to their resources that respect participant consent (Table 1). These access policies are now being operationalized into agreements that clearly stipulate the obligations of researchers and institutions who wish to access these resources. The access agreement is typically the final step in the access request process, following the submission and successful review of an application for access1.

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The International Steering Committee of P3G dedicates this article to the late David Cox—a co-author, visionary scientist and friend.

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  1. David Cox, Adrian Thorogood, Paul Burton and Ronald P Stolk: Deceased.

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Centre of Genomics and Policy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Bartha Maria Knoppers

  2. Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Rex L Chisholm

  3. HeLEX-Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Jane Kaye

  4. Pfizer, New York, New York, USA

    David Cox (on behalf of the P3G International Steering Committee)

  5. Centre of Genomics and Policy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Adrian Thorogood (ad hoc member; academic secretary)

  6. Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

    Paul Burton (Chair)

  7. Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

    Anthony J Brookes

  8. McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Isabel Fortier

  9. C3 Collaborating for Health, London, UK

    Pat Goodwin

  10. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

    Jennifer R Harris

  11. Department of Genetics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    Kristian Hveem

  12. Genetic Alliance UK, London, UK

    Alistair Kent

  13. Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Julian Little

  14. Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Peter H J Riegman

  15. Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), Hjelt Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Samuli Ripatti

  16. Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK

    Samuli Ripatti

  17. Department of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

    Ronald P Stolk (P3G International Steering Committee)

  18. (P3G International Steering Committee),

    David Cox (on behalf of the P3G International Steering Committee), Adrian Thorogood (ad hoc member; academic secretary), Paul Burton (Chair) & Ronald P Stolk (P3G International Steering Committee)

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Knoppers, B., Chisholm, R., Kaye, J. et al. A P3G generic access agreement for population genomic studies. Nat Biotechnol 31, 384–385 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2567

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