REDCap Tip of the Month: Leveraging the Codebook
REDCap projects often have multiple stakeholders, each with a different area of interest for the project and with varying REDCap proficiencies. Read on to find out how to leverage REDCap's Codebook to allow stakeholders to quickly view and follow a variable name, field label, branching logic, and field attributes for each and every variable in your project.
RocHackHealth: A Path Toward New Solutions to Health Care Issues
The University of Rochester CTSI hosted a health care data hackathon, called RocHackHealth, April 8-10. Teams of “hactivists” competed to come up with innovative big data solutions to three issues currently facing the US health care system.
REDCap Tip of the Month: Adding Confirmation Emails in REDCap
Have you ever wished REDCap could automatically send a confirmation email whenever a respondent completes your survey? A recent upgrade to REDCap now allows you to do just that. Read on to find out how!
Get More Out of Your CTSI Grant Applications
The CTSI is implementing a new forum this May to help junior investigators become independently funded. In addition, several “funding pathways” will be introduced that set a framework for investigators to revise their scientific proposals for KL2 Mentored Career Development and CTSI Pilot awards into proposals for K or R21 awards from the National Institutes of Health.
Director’s Update – Applying for a New Collaborative Innovation Award
Every month, the CTSI Stories Blog will post excerpts from ongoing conversations with the institute’s co-directors. This month, Martin Zand, M.D., Ph.D. discusses a new funding opportunity that encourages investigators to streamline the process of translating initial discoveries into patient care in collaboration with other CTSA institutions.