UCSF IT Technology

The DSS team can draw on its extensive practical experience to assess technical requirements and needs for individual projects, produce labor and cost estimates for funding proposals, and provide budget justification language. The team is also qualified to review study specifications, make recommendations and provide guidance to investigators upon request. The team typically works iteratively with research teams during pre-award or competitive renewal phases of study planning.   

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The DSS team operates virtual servers that can be configured to meet the needs of disparate groups or research teams upon request, and supports remote desktop protocols for individual network users. All virtual/remote computing offerings operate entirely behind multiple, secure firewalls.Solutions (Skills):

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The Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics (DEB) IT personnel operate a secure, high-speed network and data infrastructure within the UCSF network, for the purpose of supporting data collection, cleaning, analysis and storage for research investigators. Access to these resources is available to individuals and research teams on a subscription basis, charges for which are distributed using the UCSF recharge mechanism. Subscription costs are allowable charges on federally-sponsored grants and contracts.

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The DSS team has been designing, developing and supporting data management systems for UCSF investigators for almost 40 years, starting with the SHEP pilot study in 1980. The group aims to support epidemiological and population-based research, research education, and clinical trials. Specific expertise includes:

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REDCap software enables investigators to develop online survey instruments and databases. Our team runs an instance of REDCap in our data center that is distinct from the REDCap environment offered by Academic Research Systems (ARS).  

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The DSS team supports a custom-programmed Research Data System (RDS) for facilitating data collection and cleaning for multi-center studies. This system has been in use for more than twenty years and has evolved to meet the ever- changing requirements that investigators face. The RDS is comprised of MS SQL & MySQL databases and customized web interfaces that deliver features as specified by each project, and is designed to fulfill a spectrum of needs pertaining to research data transfer, collection, cleaning, storage and analysis.Key system features

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T-SQLVBScriptJavaScriptSASVisual BasicC#Ruby MS ASP./NETMVCXMLSAS InternetMS SQL ServerMySQLPostgreSQLMongoDBVisual Studio EnterpriseMS DevOps ServerPower BI

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