TY - JOUR

T1 - Advancing food, nutrition, and health research in Europe by connecting and building research infrastructures in a DISH-RI: Results of the EuroDISH project

AU - Snoek, Harriette M

AU - Eijssen, Lars M T

AU - Geurts, Marjolein

AU - Vors, Cecile

AU - Brown, Kerry

AU - Bogaardt, Marc-Jeroen

AU - Dhonukshe-Rutten, Rosalie AM

AU - Evelo, Chris T

AU - Fezeu, Leopold

AU - Finglas, Paul

AU - Laville, Martine

AU - Ocké, Marga

AU - Perozzi, Giuditta

AU - Poppe, Krijn

AU - Slimani, Nadia

AU - Tetens, Inge

AU - Timotijevic, Lada

AU - Zimmermann, Karin

AU - van ´t Veer, Pieter

N1 - CURIS 2018 NEXS 061 (Ekstern)

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - BackgroundResearch infrastructures (RIs) are essential to advance research on the relationship between food, nutrition, and health. RIs will facilitate innovation and allow insights at the systems level which are required to design (public health) strategies that will address societal challenges more effectively.ApproachIn the EuroDISH project we mapped existing RIs in the food and health area in Europe, identified outstanding needs, and synthesised this into a conceptual design of a pan-European DISH-RI. The DISH model was used to describe and structure the research area: Determinants of food choice, Intake of foods and nutrients, Status and functional markers of nutritional health, and Health and disease risk.Key findingsThe need to develop RIs in the food and health domain clearly emerged from the EuroDISH project. It showed the necessity for a unique interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder RI that overarches the research domains. A DISH-RI should bring services to the research community that facilitate network and community building and provide access to standardised, interoperable, and innovative data and tools. It should fulfil the scientific needs to connect within and between research domains and make use of current initiatives. Added value can also be created by providing services to policy makers and industry, unlocking data and enabling valorisation of research insights in practice through public-privatepartnerships. The governance of these services (e.g. ownership) and the centralised and distributed activities of the RI itself (e.g. flexibility, innovation) needs to be organised and aligned with the different interests of public and private partners.

AB - BackgroundResearch infrastructures (RIs) are essential to advance research on the relationship between food, nutrition, and health. RIs will facilitate innovation and allow insights at the systems level which are required to design (public health) strategies that will address societal challenges more effectively.ApproachIn the EuroDISH project we mapped existing RIs in the food and health area in Europe, identified outstanding needs, and synthesised this into a conceptual design of a pan-European DISH-RI. The DISH model was used to describe and structure the research area: Determinants of food choice, Intake of foods and nutrients, Status and functional markers of nutritional health, and Health and disease risk.Key findingsThe need to develop RIs in the food and health domain clearly emerged from the EuroDISH project. It showed the necessity for a unique interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder RI that overarches the research domains. A DISH-RI should bring services to the research community that facilitate network and community building and provide access to standardised, interoperable, and innovative data and tools. It should fulfil the scientific needs to connect within and between research domains and make use of current initiatives. Added value can also be created by providing services to policy makers and industry, unlocking data and enabling valorisation of research insights in practice through public-privatepartnerships. The governance of these services (e.g. ownership) and the centralised and distributed activities of the RI itself (e.g. flexibility, innovation) needs to be organised and aligned with the different interests of public and private partners.

U2 - 10.1016/j.tifs.2017.12.015

DO - 10.1016/j.tifs.2017.12.015

M3 - Review

VL - 73

SP - 58

EP - 66

JO - Trends in Food Science & Technology

JF - Trends in Food Science & Technology

SN - 0924-2244

ER -