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. 2023 Jun 30;131(6):065002. doi: 10.1289/EHP12270

Table 2.

Research community needs for DR2.

Need Description
Facilitation Internal team building: physical science + health science + social science + data science
External team building: Public + private + community partnerships
Data integration Management, integration, and analysis of “found,” “planned,” “repurposed,” and “event” data
Guidance on common data elements to facilitate data harmonization and utility
Preparedness Rapid, streamlined study design: data collection, sampling logistics, and IRB are preapproved and ready in advance
Flexible funding mechanisms to facilitate rapid deployment and data collection efforts for ephemeral data

Note: DR2, Disaster Research Response; IRB, institutional review board.