New infrastructure: The NUM Study Network (NSN)
The NUM has gained a new Reseach Infrastructure! The NUM Study Network aims to develop an effective system of cooperation in the field of clinical and clinical-epidemiological studies. Its aim is to fundamentally strengthen the German research landscape and increase the overall proportion of patients who participate in studies during their treatment.
To this end, it works closely with existing infrastructures, networks and researchers and supports the process through organisational and structural measures. Study managers are to be relieved of administrative and operational tasks by consistently simplifying them and transferring them to study-supporting structures. This will allow more studies to be initiated in less time, more patients to be recruited for studies in a reliable period of time and the quality of data and biosample collection to be improved.
The NSN builds on the preliminary work of the National Pandemic Cohort Network (NAPKON), the NUM Clinical Epidemiology and Study Platform (NUCLEUS) and the NUM Data Integration Centres (NUM-DIC).
You can find more information about the project here: https://www.netzwerk-universitaetsmedizin.de/en/projects/num-study-network-nsn