COnsortium of METabolomics Studies (COMETS) Analytics Workshop
Do you want to understand metabolomic epidemiology and how to use it to study human health and disease? Register for this upcoming virtual workshop, “Metabolomic epidemiology on a global scale: accelerating discovery and enhancing rigor and reproducibility of single cohort and meta-analyses.”
In this workshop, you will learn about the COMETS Studies and how to perform single cohort and meta-analysis investigations using COMETS Analytics, a data harmonization tool. COMETS Analytics is available through GitHub as an R package and through a web-based tool.
The agenda for the workshop is as follows:
Session 1 | Introduction to COMETS and COMETS Analytics Tutorial
10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET
Presenters will introduce you to COMETS. They’ll provide a tutorial on how to use COMETS Analytics, and you’ll have the chance to explore the software yourself.
Session 2 | Latest Developments in Prospective Analyses of Metabolomic Epidemiology Studies
1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. ET
Speakers will discuss the latest developments in prospective analyses of metabolomic epidemiology studies, followed by a panel discussion on how to improve efficiency and reproducibility in metabolomic epidemiology through COMETS. Topics will include:
- the standardization of metabolite names and covariables.
- ease of data sharing.
- bottlenecks when implementing meta-analyses.
- the facilitation of large, complex collaborations.
Dr. Albanes is a senior investigator in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch of NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics.
Dr. Chu is an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and an associate statistician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Dr. Crotty is a program director in NCI’s Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives and coordinates the COMETS program.
Mr. Gohel is a Ph.D. student in the department of biostatistics and bioinformatics at The George Washington University.
Dr. Hastings is a National Institute on Aging-supported postdoctoral research scientist in the Behavioral and Neurogenetics Laboratory at Tulane University School of Medicine.
Dr. Kelly is an assistant professor of medicine and associate epidemiologist at the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Mathé is the director of informatics in the Division of Preclinical Innovation at NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.
Dr. Prince is a T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Channing Division of Network Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Dr. Zanetti is a program director in NIH’s Office of Nutrition Research.