• Harmonising and linking biomedical and clinical data across disparate data archives to enable integrative cross-biobank research 

      Spjuth, Ola; Krestyaninova, Maria; Hastings, Janna; Langhammer, Arnulf; Harris, Jennifer; Shen, Huei-Yi; Heikkinen, Jani; Waldenberger, Melanie; Ladenvall, Claes; Esko, Tõnu; Persson, Mats-Åke; Heggland, Jon; Dietrich, Joern; Ose, Sandra; Gieger, Christian; Ried, Janina S.; Peters, Annette; Fortier, Isabel; de Geus, Eco JC; Klovins, Janis; Zaharenko, Linda; Willemsen, Gonneke; Hottenga, Jouke-Jan; Litton, Jan-Eric; Karvanen, Juha; Boomsma, Dorret I; Groop, Leif; Rung, Johan; Palmgren, Juni; Pedersen, Nancy L; McCarthy, Mark I; van Duijn, Cornelia M; Hveem, Kristian; Metspalu, Andres; Ripatti, Samuli; Prokopenko, Inga (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      A wealth of biospecimen samples are stored in modern globally distributed biobanks. Biomedical researchers worldwide need to be able to combine the available resources to improve the power of large-scale studies. A ...
    • MINDMAP: Establishing an integrated database infrastructure for research in ageing, mental well-being, and the urban environment 

      Beenackers, Mariëlle A.; Doiron, Dany; Fortier, Isabel; Noordzij, J. Mark; Reinhard, Erica; Courtin, Emilie; Bobak, Martin; Chaix, Basile; Costa, Giuseppe; Dapp, Ulrike; Diez Roux, Ana V.; Huisman, Martijn; Grundy, Emily M.; Krokstad, Steinar; Martikainen, Pekka; Raina, Parminder; Avendano, Mauricio; Van Lenthe, Frank J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Background Urbanization and ageing have important implications for public mental health and well-being. Cities pose major challenges for older citizens, but also offer opportunities to develop, test, and implement ...
    • Overview of retrospective data harmonisation in the MINDMAP project: process and results 

      Wey, Tina; Doiron, Dany; Wissa, Rita; Fabre, Guillaume; Motoc, Irina; Noordzij, Mark; Ruiz, Milagros; Timmermans, Erik; van Lenthe, Frank J; Bobak, Martin; Chaix, Basile; Krokstad, Steinar; Raina, Parminder; Sund, Erik; Beenackers, Mariëlle A.; Fortier, Isabel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background The MINDMAP project implemented a multinational data infrastructure to investigate the direct and interactive effects of urban environments and individual determinants of mental well-being and cognitive function ...