title: Collective intelligence for translational medicine: Crowdsourcing insights and innovation from an interdisciplinary biomedical research community.
abstract: Translational medicine bridges the gap between discoveries in biomedical science and their safe and effective clinical application. Despite the gross opportunity afforded by modern research for unparalleled advances in this field, the process of translation remains protracted. Efforts to expedite science translation have included the facilitation of interdisciplinary collaboration within both academic and clinical environments in order to generate integrated working platforms fuelling the sharing of knowledge, expertise, and tools to align biomedical research with clinical need. However, barriers to scientific translation remain, and further progress is urgently required. Collective intelligence and crowdsourcing applications offer the potential for global online networks, allowing connection and collaboration between a wide variety of fields. This would drive the alignment of biomedical science with biotechnology, clinical need, and patient experience, in order to deliver evidence-based innovation which can revolutionize medical care worldwide. Here we discuss the critical steps towards implementing collective intelligence in translational medicine using the experience of those in other fields of science and public health.
authors.affiliation: a Keble College , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.
authors.forename: Eleanor Jane
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Budge
authors.affiliation: b Faculty of Medicine , Imperial College London , London , UK.
authors.forename: Sandra Maria
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Tsoti
authors.affiliation: c Trauma Unit , John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford , UK.
authors.forename: Daniel James
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Howgate
authors.affiliation: d Department of Oncology , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.|e Oxford Cancer and Haematology Centre , Churchill Hospital , Oxford , UK.
authors.forename: Shivan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sivakumar
authors.affiliation: f Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK.|g Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery , Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre , Oxford , UK.|h Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Medical Sciences Division , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.
authors.forename: Morteza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jalali
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D063045:Crowdsourcing; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: Biomedical research; collective intelligence; crowdsourcing; interdisciplinary collaboration; research networks; translational medicine