The amount of biological data stored on both local storage systems and online platforms and databases is as large as ever. With the constant increase in the use of data for both digital health and research purposes, ethics and data privacy are important consideration in this increasingly digital world. Matters such as the implications for future generations of storing genetic information, transparency when it comes to consent, human bias when handling data and considerations on benefits versus risks of storing certain types of information are some examples. Solutions for and conversations about cyber security and local storage vs online databases come into play.
The Collection Bioinformatics ethics and data privacy welcomes submissions on new computational approaches, tools, and databases to address issues and open questions in bioinformatics ethics and data privacy, including anonymization, encryption and data deposition.
In alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal SDG 16, which seeks to promote just, peaceful, and inclusive societies, this collection emphasizes the importance of respecting and upholding the right to privacy and access to information.
Meet the Guest Editor
Vasiliki Rahimzadeh, PhD, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Dr Vasiliki Rahimzadeh is an assistant Professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy. She earned her PhD degree in biomedical ethics from McGill University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University with support from a National Human Genome Research Institute Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Program training grant. Dr Rahimzadeh’s NIH-funded research centers on the ethical, legal, and social issues of health data sharing across emerging computing environments and how to embed stakeholder values into responsible stewardship systems for genomic data. She is a member of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, where she contributes to developing worldwide policies on genomic data sharing.
Submission guidelines
This Collection welcomes submission of original Research, Software and Database articles. Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have read our submission guidelines. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, SNAPP. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select [“Bioinformatics ethics and data privacy”] from the dropdown menu.
Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.
The Guest Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.
If accepted for publication, article processing charges applies. Please click here to find out about our standard waiver policy.
The Collection is now open for submissions! The submission deadline is December 13th 2024.
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