AAMC Comments on NIH Data
Sharing Policy
May 24, 2002- The AAMC has submitted a letter
in response to a request for comments on the March 1 NIH draft
statement on the sharing of research data [see
Washington Highlights, March 8]. The policy described
in the NIH statement would require applicants for NIH funding
to propose data sharing plans (or offer an explanation of
why data will not be shared) within grant applications. The
adequacy of an investigator's data sharing plan would be assessed
during the scientific review of grant applications. The AAMC,
while endorsing new initiatives to encourage data-sharing,
is concerned that requiring investigators to devise specific
data-sharing plans at the time of grant application is premature.
The AAMC is also concerned that the data-sharing proposal
does not fully acknowledge the constraints that the federal
medical privacy rule will place on the sharing of data from
clinical trials. The AAMC encourages NIH to support the establishment
of expert advisory panels to seek consensus on normative data-sharing
practices within the various scientific disciplines. Comments
on the NIH proposal must be submitted by June 1.
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