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Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology

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Contents

• ConsortiumOverview: Overview for each cohort's genotyping, imputation, analyses, and funding sources.
• WorkingGroups: A directory of active working groups
• RSC: (Research Steering Committee)
• Analysis subcommittee: includes analysis guidelines, minutes, and other reference material
• Project Proposals: A summary of manuscript proposals
• Results Sharing: Listing of file-sharing sites for each Working Group and contributing study, and details about CHARGE results sharing formats
• News : updates of general interest
• Charge Newsletters: List Serve E-mail
• Manuscript Report: CHARGE publications
  

Consortium Documents

CHARGE Principles (print version: pdf)

CHARGE Working Group Principles (print version: pdf)

Data Sharing Principles (RSC-approved)

Methods paper: Psaty BM, O'Donnell CJ, Gudnason V, Lunetta KL, Folsom AR, Rotter J.L., Uitterlinden AG, Harris TB, Witteman JCM, Boerwinkle E, on behalf of the CHARGE Consortium. Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium: Design of prospective meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies from five cohorts. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2009;2:73-80.

Meetings

Calendar: Editable calendar of ongoing calls

Time Zones: Useful information for setting up conference calls

Face-to-Face Meetings

Presentations and organizational details of upcoming and past meetings;

• Washington DC Meeting will be held Oct 29-30, 2009
• Rotterdam Meeting: held 16-17 April 2009
• Seattle Meeting: held 9-11 July 2008
• Framingham Meeting: held 22-24 January 2008

Participating Cohorts

• Age, Gene, Environment Susceptibility (AGES)
• Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC)
• Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)
• Framingham Heart Study (FHS)
• Rotterdam Study (ERGO or RS)

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