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and health-care providers to work in harmony for the public good, and seek sustainable and affordable healthcare solutions. This development includes embedding of a public health system and exploration of innovative health system designs and new models of health-care delivery. With this approach we hope to identify new ways of working that will make our population less dependent on hospitals, perhaps by harnessing modern technology and a flexible and skilled workforce to help shift the emphasis from secondary care to primary care and prevention. The Academic Health System Initiative website has information about the partners, governance arrangements, strategy, and our distinguished international advisory board. Each institution will remain legally independent but united with a shared vision and an overarching strategic plan. We have developed a Translational Research Institute at Hamad Medical Corporation to complement the other biomedical research facilities in Qatar, including state-of-the-art core research facilities at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. The Institute will host the Qatar Biobank, funded by the Qatar Foundation, which will include a prospective epidemiological study of the Qatari population (in collaboration with Imperial College, London, UK) and a
disease-specific tissue repository. The indigenous Qatari population provides a potentially important study group because it is stable and derived from three main genetic sources—the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, and Africa.4 The Qatar Biobank will provide a national resource that will eventually be made available to researchers worldwide seeking to address key global health-care problems. The Academic Health System Initiative will be launched at an official ceremony in Doha, Qatar, on Aug 8, 2011. *Edward Hillhouse, Hanan Al Kuwari, Javaid Sheikh Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar (EH, HAK), and Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar (JS) [email protected] Qatar Academic Healthcare partners are Hamad Medical Corporation; Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar; University of Calgary, Qatar; Qatar University; College of the North Atlantic; Sidra Medical and Research Center; Primary Healthcare. We declare that we have no conflicts of interest. 1
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General Secretariat for Development Planning. Qatar National Vision 2030. 2011. http://www.gsdp.gov.qa/portal/page/portal/GSDP_Vision_ Root/GSDP_EN/What%20We%20Do/QNV_2030 (accessed July 14, 2011). Dzau VJ, Ackerly DC, Sutton-Wallace P, et al. The role of academic health science systems in the transformation of medicine. Lancet 2010; 375: 949–53. Wartman SA. Academic health centers: the compelling need for recalibration. Acad Med 2010; 85: 1821–22. Hunter-Zinck H, Musharoff S, Salit J, et al. Population genetic structure of the people of Qatar. Am J Hum Genet 2010; 87: 17–25.
Surgery—call for papers Surgery has transformed clinical care around the world and captivates the imagination of health professionals and lay people alike. In the past year, however, there has been widespread concern about the safety and efficacy of some surgical implants.1 One way in which these valid concerns are being addressed by the US Food and Drug Administration is with the principles of the IDEAL framework (Idea—Development—Exploration— Assessment—Long-term study) for evaluation of surgical innovation. IDEAL was published in The Lancet’s themed issue on surgery in 2009.2 Each year since then, we have published an issue on surgery to coincide with the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. To mark the 98th Congress in Chicago, IL, USA, from Sept 30 to Oct 4, The Lancet will again publish papers
www.thelancet.com Vol 379 February 25, 2012
that examine the science and practice that underpin good surgical care. Submissions of original research (and, where likely to be of interest to our readers, supporting video material) that has the potential to change thinking, and advance surgery and related disciplines, are welcomed. Please state in the cover letter that the submission is in response to this call for papers. The closing date is April 16, 2012.
To submit a paper go to http:// ees.elsevier.com/thelancet
William Summerskill The Lancet, London NW1 7BY, UK 1 2
The Lancet. Silicone breast implants: lessons from the USA. Lancet 2012; 379: 93. The Lancet. Surgical research: the reality and the IDEAL. Lancet 2009; 374: 1037.
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and health-care providers to work in harmony for the public good, and seek sustainable and affordable healthcare solutions. This development includes embedding of a public health system and exploration of innovative health system designs and new models of health-care delivery. With this approach we hope to identify new ways of working that will make our population less dependent on hospitals, perhaps by harnessing modern technology and a flexible and skilled workforce to help shift the emphasis from secondary care to primary care and prevention. The Academic Health System Initiative website has information about the partners, governance arrangements, strategy, and our distinguished international advisory board. Each institution will remain legally independent but united with a shared vision and an overarching strategic plan. We have developed a Translational Research Institute at Hamad Medical Corporation to complement the other biomedical research facilities in Qatar, including state-of-the-art core research facilities at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. The Institute will host the Qatar Biobank, funded by the Qatar Foundation, which will include a prospective epidemiological study of the Qatari population (in collaboration with Imperial College, London, UK) and a
disease-specific tissue repository. The indigenous Qatari population provides a potentially important study group because it is stable and derived from three main genetic sources—the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, and Africa.4 The Qatar Biobank will provide a national resource that will eventually be made available to researchers worldwide seeking to address key global health-care problems. The Academic Health System Initiative will be launched at an official ceremony in Doha, Qatar, on Aug 8, 2011. *Edward Hillhouse, Hanan Al Kuwari, Javaid Sheikh Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar (EH, HAK), and Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar (JS) [email protected] Qatar Academic Healthcare partners are Hamad Medical Corporation; Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar; University of Calgary, Qatar; Qatar University; College of the North Atlantic; Sidra Medical and Research Center; Primary Healthcare. We declare that we have no conflicts of interest. 1
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General Secretariat for Development Planning. Qatar National Vision 2030. 2011. http://www.gsdp.gov.qa/portal/page/portal/GSDP_Vision_ Root/GSDP_EN/What%20We%20Do/QNV_2030 (accessed July 14, 2011). Dzau VJ, Ackerly DC, Sutton-Wallace P, et al. The role of academic health science systems in the transformation of medicine. Lancet 2010; 375: 949–53. Wartman SA. Academic health centers: the compelling need for recalibration. Acad Med 2010; 85: 1821–22. Hunter-Zinck H, Musharoff S, Salit J, et al. Population genetic structure of the people of Qatar. Am J Hum Genet 2010; 87: 17–25.
Surgery—call for papers Surgery has transformed clinical care around the world and captivates the imagination of health professionals and lay people alike. In the past year, however, there has been widespread concern about the safety and efficacy of some surgical implants.1 One way in which these valid concerns are being addressed by the US Food and Drug Administration is with the principles of the IDEAL framework (Idea—Development—Exploration— Assessment—Long-term study) for evaluation of surgical innovation. IDEAL was published in The Lancet’s themed issue on surgery in 2009.2 Each year since then, we have published an issue on surgery to coincide with the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. To mark the 98th Congress in Chicago, IL, USA, from Sept 30 to Oct 4, The Lancet will again publish papers
www.thelancet.com Vol 379 February 25, 2012
that examine the science and practice that underpin good surgical care. Submissions of original research (and, where likely to be of interest to our readers, supporting video material) that has the potential to change thinking, and advance surgery and related disciplines, are welcomed. Please state in the cover letter that the submission is in response to this call for papers. The closing date is April 16, 2012.
To submit a paper go to http:// ees.elsevier.com/thelancet
William Summerskill The Lancet, London NW1 7BY, UK 1 2
The Lancet. Silicone breast implants: lessons from the USA. Lancet 2012; 379: 93. The Lancet. Surgical research: the reality and the IDEAL. Lancet 2009; 374: 1037.
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