TY - JOUR AU - Sundström , Johan AU - Björkelund , Cecilia AU - Giedraitis , Vilmantas AU - Hansson , Per-Olof AU - Högman , Marieann AU - Janson , Christer AU - Koupil , Ilona AU - Kristenson , Margareta AU - Trolle Lagerros , Ylva AU - Leppert , Jerzy AU - Lind , Lars AU - Lissner , Lauren AU - Johansson , Ingegerd AU - Ludvigsson , Jonas F. AU - Nilsson , Peter M. AU - Olsson , Håkan AU - Pedersen , Nancy L. AU - Rosenblad , Andreas AU - Rosengren , Annika AU - Sandin , Sven AU - Snäckerström , Tomas AU - Stenbeck , Magnus AU - Söderberg , Stefan AU - Weiderpass , Elisabete AU - Wanhainen , Anders AU - Wennberg , Patrik AU - Fortier , Isabel AU - Heller , Susanne AU - Storgärds , Maria AU - Svennblad , Bodil PY - 2019/01/08 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Rationale for a Swedish cohort consortium JF - Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences JA - ujms VL - 124 IS - 1 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.1080/03009734.2018.1556754 UR - https://ujms.net/index.php/ujms/article/view/5761 SP - 21–28 AB - We herein outline the rationale for a Swedish cohort consortium, aiming to facilitate greater use of Swedish cohorts for world-class research. Coordination of all Swedish prospective population-based cohorts in a common infrastructure would enable more precise research findings and facilitate research on rare exposures and outcomes, leading to better utilization of study participants’ data, better return of funders’ investments, and higher benefit to patients and populations. We motivate the proposed infrastructure partly by lessons learned from a pilot study encompassing data from 21 cohorts. We envisage a standing Swedish cohort consortium that would drive development of epidemiological research methods and strengthen the Swedish as well as international epidemiological competence, community, and competitiveness. ER -