Using the PhenX Toolkit to design studies optimized for data sharing

This 60-minute workshop during ASHG 2022 will focus on navigation of the PhenX Toolkit. Lunch will be provided.

The PhenX team will give a tour of the PhenX Toolkit and share tips for browsing, searching and identifying PhenX measurement protocols to address research objectives. During the workshop, we will explore funding opportunities that encourage the use of the PhenX Toolkit. We will also discuss how PhenX protocols can streamline study design and facilitate data collection and sharing.

Participants are encouraged to bring their laptop to explore the Toolkit on their own with experts on site to address individual questions.

PhenX (consensus measures for Phenotypes and eXposure) is an NHGRI-funded initiative to promote the use of standard protocols in a variety of study types with human participants. The PhenX Toolkit includes standard protocols for a wide range of research domains and topics, including COVID-19. The use of standard protocols can increase the impact of individual studies by facilitating data pooling with other studies that also use PhenX protocols. To date, use of the PhenX Toolkit has been recommended in almost 600 Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs).