What is the GEDI Steering Committee (GSC) going to steer? Will each site still need to do what it proposes to do, or will the proposed work at each site be changed by the GSC?
The role of the GSC is to coordinate and stimulate activities across the different projects funded under the GEDI initiative, while taking advantage of the scientific expertise within the funded studies. The GSC will also set milestones for the overall GEDI initiative, identify opportunities for collaboration among the different projects, such as replicating findings across projects, and assess the genotyping design, approaches and platforms to try and make them as consistent and as standard as possible so that a consensus strategy is achieved. Decisions of the GSC are made based upon input from each funded project (one vote per PI) and the NIH (one vote). The PIs and NIH are expected to accept and implement all decisions made by the GSC. We envision that each study is independent and the PI will be responsible for making sure the aims are met for the proposed work specified by their particular application.
