Hi all,

Part of my interest in the HHP is to publish in an academic journal any novel methods I develop.  As I read Rule 22, in order to publish a paper that contained any results from the HHP data set, I would need to get explicit written consent from the Sponsor.

So, question to the powers-that-be:  In general, is permission likely to be granted if/when someone wishes to publish an academic paper that contains results from a method run on the HHP data set (but not the data themselves)?

And would one still be allowed to use a such a method to submit entries into the competition?  (esp given the "not previously published" part of Rule 20).

 

Thanks!

 

Rich 

Hi Rich, Just spoke to HPN about this. For the moment they don't want to provide general guidance and ask that you make a request through the contact us form. Your request should detail the topic of your proposed research. Definitely worth making it clear that you're just looking to publish the method that you use to enter the competition. Anthony

I would expect the answer to this to depend on exactly what journal you're posting to and if the purpose of your paper is to try an identify patients.  While identification of blinded items is a topic of research interest, I'm guessing you won't be able to publish a paper based on your results of unblinding patients in this dataset.

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