An Early Stage Researcher's Primer on Systems Medicine Terminology

Massimiliano Zanin*, Nadim A A Aitya, José Basílio, Jan Baumbach, Arriel Benis, Chandan K Behera, Magda Bucholc, Filippo Castiglione, Ioanna Chouvarda, Blandine Comte, Tien-Tuan Dao, Xuemei Ding, Estelle Pujos-Guillot, Nenad Filipovic, David P Finn, David H Glass, Nissim Harel, Tomas Iesmantas, Ilinka Ivanoska, Alok JoshiKarim Zouaoui Boudjeltia, Badr Kaoui, Daman Kaur, Liam P Maguire, Paula L McClean, Niamh McCombe, João Luís de Miranda, Mihnea Alexandru Moisescu, Francesco Pappalardo, Annikka Polster, Girijesh Prasad, Damjana Rozman, Ioan Sacala, Jose M Sanchez-Bornot, Johannes A Schmid, Trevor Sharp, Jordi Solé-Casals, Vojtěch Spiwok, George M Spyrou, Egils Stalidzans, Blaž Stres, Tijana Sustersic, Ioannis Symeonidis, Paolo Tieri, Stephen Todd, Kristel Van Steen, Milena Veneva, Da-Hui Wang, Haiying Wang, Hui Wang, Steven Watterson, KongFatt Wong-Lin, Su Yang, Xin Zou, Harald H H W Schmidt

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal(Systematic) Review article peer-review

Abstract

Background: Systems Medicine is a novel approach to medicine, that is, an interdisciplinary field that considers the human body as a system, composed of multiple parts and of complex relationships at multiple levels, and further integrated into an environment. Exploring Systems Medicine implies understanding and combining concepts coming from diametral different fields, including medicine, biology, statistics, modeling and simulation, and data science. Such heterogeneity leads to semantic issues, which may slow down implementation and fruitful interaction between these highly diverse fields. Methods: In this review, we collect and explain more than100 terms related to Systems Medicine. These include both modeling and data science terms and basic systems medicine terms, along with some synthetic definitions, examples of applications, and lists of relevant references. Results: This glossary aims at being a first aid kit for the Systems Medicine researcher facing an unfamiliar term, where he/she can get a first understanding of them, and, more importantly, examples and references for digging into the topic.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2-50
Number of pages49
JournalNetwork and Systems Medicine
Volume4
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2021

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'An Early Stage Researcher's Primer on Systems Medicine Terminology'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this