Health Research Data Resources and Consultation

  • ACT- Accrual for Clinical Trials
    Explore and validate feasibility for clinical studies across CTSA sites. Real-time query of ACT network of 39 participated CTSA sites, including all 5 UC medical centers, and more than 100 million patients.
  • VRD - Virtual Research Desktop
    Automate health research compliance for data access, storage, and computing needs on HIPAA data, along with IRB approval. Data integration with cloud-scale computing technologies such as machine learning and AI other capabilities.
  • Biostatistics
    • Statistical support at all research phases, including the following areas
      • Study Design and Proposal Writing
      • Statistical Analysis
      • Publishing and Communication
  • Data Extraction Concierge Services (DECS)
    UCSD patient and health data extracts needs for research purposes. Data sourced from the UCSD EPIC electronic health records system and clinical data warehouse.
  • REDCap Data survey database 
    A secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases. Services available to all UC San Diego faculty and staff, and to users outside the organization who have sponsorship from UC San Diego faculty.