NCI Cohort Consortium Webinar Series - Harmonizing Longitudinal Data: The Maelstrom Approach and Tools

Event Type:
Webinar
Date:
July 10, 2025
Time:
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET

Harmonizing data across studies is a critical step in supporting robust epidemiological research, but it presents a range of scientific, methodological, and technical challenges. This webinar will provide an overview of the obstacles encountered by research teams when harmonizing collected data and will introduce resources developed to improve speed, cost-effectiveness, consistency, and transparency of the harmonization process.

Speakers

Isabel Fortier, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator
Maelstrom Research
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Rita Wissa, B.Sc.

Executive Director
Maelstrom Research
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Moderator

Peter L. Kraft, Ph.D.

Senior Investigator
Trans-Divisional Research Program
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute

Moderator

Pietro Ferrari, Ph.D.

Branch Head
Nutrition and Metabolism
International Agency for Research on Cancer
World Health Organization