Citizen Science- The Ultimate Team Science: A Look at Public Participation in Biomedical Research
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Theisz K. Citizen Science- The Ultimate Team Science: A Look at Public Participation in Biomedical Research. Oral presentation at 2017 SciTS Conference. Clearwater Beach, FL. Jun 13, 2017. Translational Health Research. Online at: http://www.scienceofteamscience.org/2017-agenda.
This presentation will serve as a state-of-the-science
overview on the use of citizen science, crowdsourcing,
and other methods of open innovation in biomedical
research, with an emphasis on how the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) supports open innovation
methods. The NIH Citizen Science Working Group, a
research interest group comprised of over 50 program
officers from across the NIH, defines citizen science as
a complex set of methods a collaborative approach to
research involving the public, not just as subjects of
the research or advisors to the research but as direct collaborators and partners in the research process
itself. Over the years these methods have been used
prolifically in disciplines such as ornithology, ecology,
oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy. Their use
in biomedical research is far more recent.
This presentation will examine the benefits and barriers
specific to incorporating open innovation methods
into biomedical research from a federal perspective,
and how NIH has implemented public feedback into
its approaches. Some examples of benefits include
the acquisition of more insight and data than would
have been possible using conventional approaches
and harnessing the creativity of the public to solve
problems, and a few examples of barriers include
protecting the security and privacy of personal health
data and bureaucratic delays to implementation. The
presentation will conclude with links to free resources
and open funding opportunities.
Citizen science involves individuals working together
to identify and solve scientific quandaries, not only
from across scientific disciplines but often individuals
whose expertise and training lies outside of the realms
of science. In this way, citizen science can easily be
defined as the ultimate team science with the greatest
discipline diversity across teams. The impact of citizen
science on the study of SciTS has the potential to be
great and will need to continue to be assessed as these
methods develop and change.
Language(s):
English
Type of Publication:
Oral presentation
Keywords:
scits 2017 conference, presentation, citizen science, public participation, biomedical research
Addresses these goal(s):
- Conduct research on/evaluate team science
- Engage community partners in your scientific team
Resource created by Jane Hwang on 10/3/2017 5:52:35 PM.