Translational Informatics

For questions about the RIIC, please contact the following:

• Informatics Consultation Services—Contact for research informatics and bioinformatics tools and applications, as well as CCTSI web site development.
  Thomas Yaeger, Services & Support Director - 720.848.6675  
• Research Study Database Development—Contact for web-based data management services, study data management, and study design/platform questions. Also responsible for monthly CCTSI-sponsored Informatics Seminar Series.
  Jessica Bondy- 303.724.4353  
• Clinical Research Informatics Research Opportunities—Contact for access to RIIC activities for students, fellows, or faculty interested in research projects focused on innovations in Research Informatics tools and techniques. Michael Kahn, RIIC Director, Informatics Research Director - 720.777.6407  
• Clinical Research Informatics Educational Opportunities—Contact for Translational Informatics training for investigators and informatics professionals, including the Virtual Expert single-topic web-based streaming videos. 
  Steve Ross, Informatics Educational Support Co-Director - 303.724.2267 
  Diane Skiba, Informatics Educational Support Co-Director - 303.724.8527 

The RIIC provides informatics services to support translational research. We consult with investigators, study coordinators, and biostatisticians to provide informatics technologies to ensure studies capture high quality data that is safe, secure, and meets all regulatory requirements. 

To access RIIC services, all of the following criteria must be met:

• The study principle investigator must be a CCTSI member
• Human-related protocols must have been submitted to COMIRB or must have a documented waiver of review from COMIRB
• Be reviewed and approved by one of the CCTSI scientific review committees (SARC, PACT, K/Pilot/Novel Methods awards) or another recognized scientific review committee such as the Cancer Center. Other scientific review committees will be considered on an ad-hoc basis in consultation with the CCTSI PI, Ron Sokol.

For more information and details about informatics services, view Table 1 and RIIC Services Information.

REDCap Tutorials will be held on the following dates:

• October 13, 2009
• October 27, 2009
• November 9, 2009
• November 24, 2009

All tutorials are from 1:00pm - 2:30pm in the Dean's conference room on the 3rd floor of building 500.

Follow these links to view standard COMIRB language for studies using REDCap (Section O and Attachment G).

Miss an Informatics Seminar Series presentation?  Click on the titles below to view archived videos of these events.

• REDCap: Collecting, Storing, and Accessing Data Online
  June 18, 2009
  Sean Banks, MS (ABD)
• Personal Health Records: Tethered and Interoperable (Google Health and Microsoft Health Vault)
  May 21, 2009
  Steve Ross, MD
• The Internet: Changing Biomedical Publication and Scientific Discourse
  April 16, 2009
  Robert Dellavalle, MD, PhD, MSPH
• DARTNet: A Distributed Network for Research and Quality Improvement
  March 19, 2009 
  Wilson Pace, MD
• Informatics Year in Review | Presentation Slides
  February 19, 2009
  Michael Kahn, MD PhD
• Creation of a HIPAA-Compliant integrated network for collecting and using patient information for research: The University of Pittsburgh's Honest Broker System
  October 16, 2008
  Dana Marie Grzybicki, MD, PhD
• Study Design by Metadata (SDM): A system for collecting clinical research data
  September 18th, 2008
  Ted Wade PhD and Jeff Magouirk M.S
• Biomedical Discovery Acceleration
  May 15, 2008
  Lawerence Hunter, PhD
• RHIOS:  CORHIO and Challenges in Implementing RHIOs
  April 17, 2008
  Arthur Davidson, MD, MSPH