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Sickle Cell Disease action items

To be revisited in the fall 2023

statistical analyses

  • If we are just studying SCD, can use statstical methods to look for covariants

Ontology/KG methodology

  • create ontological representation of SCD concepts (could we extend SCDO or reuse terms in SCDO)?
    • They do not cover the cellular and biochemical markers- this is a gap that we could fill
    • We could model lab measurements in CPONT
  • map SCD patient data to ontology terms
  • incorporate patient-level data and ontology mappings into KG

Potential analyses

  • cluster patients based on their data
  • define disease severity/stratify patients based on disease severity
    • Frequency of vaso-occlusive crisis
    • Pain
    • Ranges of biomarkers
  • could do semantic similarity profile analysis of patients

questions to be answered

  • is there a relationship b/w biomarkers and clinical manifestations
  • Could we look at other patients who have specific biomarkers and see what drugs they respond to

see slides: https://criticalpathinstitute-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/rwalls_c-path_org/Eac5v0v6uPhLihRJnTd8RMcBy_dkUXiB27dseUsYxS0-0w?wdLOR=cC18CFCC9-C202-4A46-912B-A989D6679DEA

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