Indiana CTSI HUB Offers Open-Source Software to Accelerate Clinical and Translational Research

Staff | News Medical | February 20, 2012

At a time when medical research increasingly requires collaboration by large numbers of busy people, the Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute HUB offers a model for using advanced information technology to link scientists, health providers, community partners and others for the purpose of accelerating clinical and translational research.

The Indiana CTSI HUB is a virtual, institution-scale medical research organization for Indiana, including Indiana University, Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame. Launched in 2008 with support from the National Institutes of Health, it supports virtual clinical research teams, community engaged research, research program development, and industry and public outreach.

"The culture of research has shifted to team science, distributed research programs, and distributed analytical resources such as gene sequencers and colliders," said William K. Barnett, director of information architecture for the Indiana CTSI. "Teams of investigators must be able to collaboratively find each other, submit joint grants, administer research programs, share files and data, access instrumentation and workflows, and publish results."...