Table 2.
Summary of Recommendations for future research in GxE interactions and SDoH
Domain | Recommendation |
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Funding | Develop and maintain research and public health infrastructure to collect relevant data now, and not wait until the next crisis |
Responsive and timely funding mechanisms to support active inquiry | |
Methods | Establish standardized procedures and protocols for data collection, linkage, and analysis |
Implement data sharing, governance, and legal frameworks to support research | |
Address missingness and variation in demographic and SDoH data sources | |
Community and education | Enhanced cross‐sector collaboration and promoting team science approaches |
Increase awareness of SDoH and their role in human health outcomes | |
Enhance existing genetics resource with relevant SDoH data | |
Research topics | How to best capture, quantify and understand time of exposure in SDoH data |
Further elucidation of the mechanisms through which SDoH influence genetics and GxE |