Databases and Repositories

Clinical Research Informatics Core

The Clinical Research Informatics group provides expertise in data integration, data sharing, and data security to help drive the integration of clinical care and clinical research. Through the use of research applications such as i2b2, TriNetX and REDCap, CRI facilitates compliant access to EHR data, both identified and de-identified, from Keck and Los Angeles County. They can also provide regional patient data access through the Los Angeles Data Resource (LADR) as well as national patient data via Cerner Health Fact, pSCANNER and PCOrnet.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Blvd,
Los Angeles, 90027
(323) 361-8685
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4D Quantitative Imaging Lab

4D Quantitative Imaging Lab provides state of the art digital image processing and quantitation. Services and training opportunities include image segmentation, volumetrics, image reformation, visualization, imaging informatics, 3D model generation, and 3D printing. The lab includes workstations configured for anatomical segmentation with research and clinical software installed. Services include DICOM transfer, DICOM anonymization, image/video creation for publication/presentation, and 3D printing.

Equipment and services include: 3 image segmentation workstations with access to Synapse, Synapse 3D, Vitrea Enterprise Server, MIM Software, and Cerner. Form Labs Form 3B Resin 3D printer Vitrea version 7.14 stand alone workstation

Health Sciences Campus
Keck Hospital of USC
KMC B112
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GrantForward

Grant Forward is a search engine dedicated to helping institutions and individuals find grant opportunities. GrantForward is able to cover more than 12,000 sponsor sources to provide a comprehensive database of more than 40,000 funding opportunities that continues to grow with the most up to date information.

GrantForward’s powerful search system helps to lessen the hassle of searching for grants with adaptable search filters and specialized search features. GrantForward researcher profiles allow researchers to highlight their research achievements and interests to receive personalized grant recommendations for grant opportunities that match their research needs. In order to be able to take advantage of all of the features that GrantForward offers, you will have to create an account using your institution email address. If you would like to benefit from receiving grant recommendations, then you will also need to make sure to create your researcher profile.

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Dimensions

Dimensions is a tool licensed by USC to find and compare research grants, patents, clinical trials, publications and other metrics by individual, specialty or university. Dimensions can be used to identify potential collaborators or experts.

Dimensions is a linked research data platform. Each of the data sources (publications, research funding, patents and clinical trials) can be searched simultaneously, and they are even linked together where relevant. You can see which paper came from which grant, for example. In some ways, it’s similar to other platforms you may have used such as Scopus or Web of Science, but with a much wider and more open scope. Dimensions is designed to help anyone involved in research to get better knowledge about what is going on in their research area and how this is changing over time.

Click here for basic information on Dimensions.
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Click here for the quick start guide.
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Schaeffer Center Data Core

The Schaeffer Data Core’s mission is to improve the quality and productivity of research related to health economics and policy through organized data resources, training, and the expertise of its staff.

Services include: comprehensive data library, analytic computing environments, data and programming expertise, and protected data management.

University Park Campus
USC Schaeffer Center
635 Downey Way VPD
Los Angeles, CA 90089-3333
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NubiS

NubiS is a complete data collection tool that has been developed by the team behind the Understanding America Study (UAS) panel at the Center for Economic and Social Research at the University of Southern California. NubiS runs on any server, pc, laptop or netbook as well as on android tablets or smartphones.

The NubiS system includes all the traditional modes of data collection like self-administered, face-to-face, and telephone interviewing. NubiS can also collect continuous information from smartphones, tablets or other external devices like accelerometers, GPS devices, blood pressure meters and other biomedical devices. This information can be combined with survey data and for example used to prompt or ask questions to respondents.

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