Supporting Researchers Over the Entire Study Lifecycle
Pre-Research IT Consultation & Planning
Get expert guidance on data access, compliance considerations, and technical feasibility before your research begins. We help ensure your study is set up for success from the start.
Participant Recruitment Technology & Tools
Leverage EHR-integrated tools and data to streamline participant identification and engagement while maintaining privacy and compliance.
Custom Application Development for Research Needs
From prototypes to production-ready tools, we design and build applications tailored to research workflows, data capture, and operational needs.
Harnessing Electronic Health Record Data for Research
Access clinical data for research in a secure, governed environment. We support cohort identification, data extraction, and compliance with IRB-approved protocols.
Compliant Cloud Infrastructure for Research
Provision secure, scalable cloud environments configured for research computing, data analysis, and collaboration — all aligned with HIPAA and institutional policies.
Research IT Governance & Oversight
We participate in and support governance structures that ensure responsible data use, ethical access, and alignment with institutional priorities.
We have served:
(Over last 5 years)
Principal Investigators
Institutions
Service Hours
Our Research-Focused Service Teams
Expert Teams Working Collaboratively to Realize Your Clinical Research Goals
Data Services
Whether you are ready to request specific clinical data or just want to find out what’s feasible for your study, we can help.
REDCap Services
Research IT hosts and administers the Institute of Translation Health Sciences (ITHS) REDCap instance for electronic data collection.
Research Applications
The Research IT Applications team provides integration support for UW Medicine’s EHR and Clinical Trials systems.
Solutions Development
The Solutions team builds new technology to support biomedical research across the range of activities at the University of Washington and the larger WWAMI region.
Systems Engineering
Research IT’s compute environment is PHI-safe and multipurpose. Need stand up a public facing application? Need to design a private data warehouse for long term analysis? RIT can host it.
Training Development
RIT host the ITHS Learning Management System TREE that houses training in support of research efforts spread across the WWAMI region.
Our Partners and Supported Centers
Research IT collaborates closely with the University of Washington Department of BIME, UW Medicine ITS, our CTSA (ITHS, the Institute of Translational Health Sciences), the Health Sciences Library, the UW Medicine Office of Research and Graduate Education, the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center, Seattle Children’s Research IT and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Data Science Lab (DASL).
A Toolkit for Researchers
RIT maintains a suite of applications you may want to include in your research effort. The ITHS REDCap installation hosted by Research IT has one of the largest user bases in the country. The innovative open source tool Leaf, enabling easy clinical data navigation via interactive querying of EHR data, was fostered within Research IT.
Epic Research Module
Epic is the primary Electronic Medical Records system for UW Medicine. The Epic Research Module is research specific functionalities and features to support patient care and medical research.
Clinical Trials Management System
(CTMS)
Research IT supports the Clinical Trials Management System, OnCore and it’s many integrations.
LEAF
Leaf is an open source web application for querying live clinical data for UW Medicine QI/Research investigators and allows users to query clinical databases built with nearly any data model for cohort identification and data extraction.
TREE
The ITHS-developed Translational Research Education Engine (TREE) learning management system offers educational opportunities and content hosting services for greater ITHS clinical and translational science community. TREE is built on a user-friendly platform that offers an engaging, interactive learner experience.
REDCap
Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) is a rapidly evolving web tool used for creating electronic data collection instruments developed by researchers for researchers.
Vestigo
Vestigo is an application for Investigational Drug Service pharmacies providing inventory management, compliance monitoring and reporting, and real-time integration with the OnCore API.
RISE
RISE is a web application designed to serve as a common tracking platform for programs and services across ITHS. RISE allows ITHS staff to enter data and track people, projects, services and events related to CTSA activities across all program areas.
TRU Scheduler
The TRU (Translational Research Unit) calendar is a custom built web-based application created to meet the specific calendaring and scheduling requirements of an organization providing Clinical Resources.