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At a Glance
The Human Genome Project, the International HapMap, and the forthcoming wealth of reports
regarding susceptibility genes are creating an urgent need to generate large well-characterized
data sets from populations samples. These studies will allow the biomedical community to unravel
the complex genetic and environmental interactions responsible for most common diseases.
The Public Population Project in Genomics (P³G) is an international consortium for the
development and management of a multidisciplinary infrastructure for comparing and merging results
from population genomic studies. P³G will enable the international research community to deliver
more effective health care strategies aimed at disease prevention, and at tailoring medicines and
other treatment regimens to individuals, families and communities.
Mission
Dedicated to fostering collaboration between researchers and projects in the field of population
genomics, P³G develops, in an open and transparent manner, research tools for effective
collaboration between biobanks so as to enable the international research community to share
expertise and resources and facilitate knowledge transfer for the health of populations.
An International Consortium
P³G is an international consortium whose Charter members are leading public organizations partaking in large-scale genetic epidemiological studies and biobanks, (with their own independent governance structure, objectives, etc).
The three founding Charter members are:
P³G Charter members include:
P³G Associate Members include (defined in Appendix C):
P³G has achieved a critical mass to form the principal international body for the harmonization of public population projects in genomics.
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