The Multi-Country Multi-City Collaborative Research Network: An international research consortium investigating environment, climate, and health.

ABSTRACT: Research on the health risks of environmental factors and climate change requires epidemiological evidence on associated health risks at a global scale. Multi-center studies offer an excellent framework for this purpose, but they present various methodological and logistical problems. This contribution illustrates the experience of the Multi-Country Multi-City Collaborative Research Network, an international collaboration working on a global research program on the associations between environmental stressors, climate, and health in a multi-center setting. The article illustrates the collaborative scheme based on mutual contribution and data and method sharing, describes the collection of a huge multi-location database, summarizes published research findings and future plans, and discusses

SUBMITTER: Gasparrini A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11390054 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature