我国流行病学队列研究的现状与展望——2012年度预防医学学科发展战略研讨会综述

STATUS AND PROSPECTS OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COHORT STUDY IN CHINA——Summary of the 2012 Strategic Forum of Preventive Medicine

前瞻性队列研究是预防医学研究中可信度较高的研究方法之一,对于揭示疾病发生的病因具有重要的科学价值和理论意义,在人类疾病防治史上发挥过巨大的作用。国家自然科学基金委员会医学科学部召开了"2012年度预防医学学科发展战略研讨会",围绕自然人群的前瞻性队列研究开展了流行病学领域专业研讨。研讨会强调了我国当前开展队列研究的必要性和迫切性,交流了国内外大规模队列研究的经验,分析了目前我国该领域的现状,并就我国开展队列研究的应用前景与工作思路等提出建议。

Prospective cohort study is one of the research approaches with strongest power in the preventive medicine field, which has huge influence on disease prevention and human medical development. A forum focused on prospective cohort study was hold by Department of Health Sciences of National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2012. Urgency and necessity of cohort study were discussed. Moreover, the experi- ences were shared and the situations of research in China were analyzed. Finally, promising application and schemes were suggested as well.