About Research IT

We report jointly to School through BIME and UW Medicine ITS supporting investigation at UW Medicine using technology.

Who We Are

Established in 2015, our diverse team is made up of experts in both data and computing from a wide variety of domains and includes 3 Faculty, 30 FTE, and 3 trainees. We have Participated in ~$200M in federally funded research projects:

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Institute of Translational Health Sciences

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Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research Consortium Coordinating Center

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Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Consortium (eMERGE Site and Coordinating Center)

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National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center (NACC) - Alzheimer’s Research Coordination

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National Kidney Precision Medicine Project Central Coordinating Center Hub

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Many R01, R21 awards

Our Support Includes:

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Governance for research infrastructure priorities

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Access to data (consults, chart reviews, self service/Leaf)

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Enterprise platforms that support research (CTMS, EDC/REDCap, Investigation drug management, LMS, etc.)

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Access to specialized computing environments to support research

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Support advanced analytics (machine learning, computing with text, images, video, audio, geocodes)

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Support research integration into clinical systems (e.g. Epic)

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Support high profile faculty driven projects

Executive leadership

Peter Tarczy-Hornoch, MD, FACMI

Chief Data Officer, UW Medicine. Interim Chief Research Information Officer, UW Medicine. Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education. Professor, Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatology. Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Peter has 42 years of biomedical software development and biomedical informatics experience overlapping with 22 years of clinical medicine.