Advancing Monogenic Diabetes Research and Clinical Care by Creating a Data Commons: The Precision Diabetes Consortium (PREDICT)

Michael E. McCullough, Lisa R. Letourneau-Freiberg, Rochelle N. Naylor, Siri Atma W. Greeley, David T. Broome, Mustafa Tosur, Raymond J. Kreienkamp, Erin Cobry, Neda Rasouli, Toni I. Pollin, Miriam S. Udler, Liana K. Billings, Cyrus Desouza, Carmella Evans-Molina, Suzi Birz, Brian Furner, Michael Watkins, Kaitlyn Ott, Samuel L. Volchenboum, Louis H. Philipson

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Abstract

Monogenic diabetes mellitus (MDM) is a group of relatively rare disorders caused by pathogenic variants in key genes that result in hyperglycemia. Lack of identified cases, along with absent data standards, and limited collaboration across institutions have hindered research progress. To address this, the UChicago Monogenic Diabetes Registry (UCMDMR) and UChicago Data for the Common Good (D4CG) created a national consortium of MDM research institutions called the PREcision DIabetes ConsorTium (PREDICT). Following the D4CG model, PREDICT has successfully established a multicenter MDM data commons. PREDICT has created a consensus data dictionary that will be utilized to address critical gaps in understanding of these rare types of diabetes. This approach may be useful for other rare conditions that would benefit from access to harmonized pooled data.

Original languageEnglish (US)
JournalJournal of Diabetes Science and Technology
DOIs
StateAccepted/In press - 2025

Keywords

  • data commons
  • data dictionary
  • data governance
  • data sharing
  • data standards
  • monogenic diabetes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Internal Medicine
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Bioengineering
  • Biomedical Engineering

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