Empowering grassroots innovation to accelerate biomedical research

Bastian Greshake Tzovaras; Michael Rera; Edwin H Wintermute; Katharina Kloppenborg; Juliette Ferry-Danini; Guy Aidelberg; Rachel Aronoff; Ariel Lindner; Dusan Misevic

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001349

Empowering grassroots innovation to accelerate biomedical research

PLoS Biol. 2021 Aug 9;19(8):e3001349. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001349. eCollection 2021 Aug.

Authors

Bastian Greshake Tzovaras¹, Michael Rera¹, Edwin H Wintermute¹, Katharina Kloppenborg¹, Juliette Ferry-Danini², Guy Aidelberg¹, Rachel Aronoff³, Ariel Lindner¹, Dusan Misevic¹

Affiliations

¹ INSERM U1284, Université de Paris, Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity, Paris, France.
² Centre for Health Ethics Law and Development, University of Toronto, Canada.
³ Association Hackuarium, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Abstract

The purpose of biomedicine is to serve society, yet its hierarchical and closed structure excludes many citizens from the process of innovation. We propose a collection of reforms to better integrate citizens within the research community, reimagining biomedicine as more participatory, inclusive, and responsive to societal needs.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research*
Citizen Science*
Inventions

Grants and funding

Thanks to the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation long term partnership, this work was partly supported by the CRI Research Fellowship funds. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.