About Research IT
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:
Institute of Translational Health Sciences
Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research Consortium Coordinating Center
Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Consortium (eMERGE Site and Coordinating Center)
National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center (NACC) - Alzheimer’s Research Coordination
National Kidney Precision Medicine Project Central Coordinating Center Hub
Many R01, R21 awards
Our Support Includes:
Governance for research infrastructure priorities
Access to data (consults, chart reviews, self service/Leaf)
Enterprise platforms that support research (CTMS, EDC/REDCap, Investigation drug management, LMS, etc.)
Access to specialized computing environments to support research
Support advanced analytics (machine learning, computing with text, images, video, audio, geocodes)
Support research integration into clinical systems (e.g. Epic)
Support high profile faculty driven projects
Executive leadership
Dr. Shawn Murphy MD, Ph.D.
Dr. Shawn Murphy MD, Ph.D. is Chief Research Information Officer for the University of Washington, Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education in UW Medicine and Professor of Neurology. Dr. Murphy served prior to this as Chief Research Information Officer at Mass General Brigham and a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School.
Over the past 30 years, he has been an integral leader and innovator in supporting research data and technology there and co-founding Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside (i2b2, used in > 300 sites globally) enabling scalable, audit-ready clinical data access for the research community nationally and internationally.
Shawn has also been a leading scientific collaborator and principal investigator on numerous multi-institutional NIH grants, including RECOVER, eMerge, ACT, PCORI, and other major award programs that helped elevate MGB into a leader in translational informatics. His work has shaped standards for privacy-preserving data sharing, cohort discovery tools, and clinical data harmonization, influencing research data operations across Mass General Brigham hospitals and enabling thousands of studies per year.
Katie Avril
As Director of Research IT at UW Medicine, Katie Avril drives innovation at the intersection of technology, compliance, and clinical research. With a career spanning federal defense, academic medicine, and enterprise cybersecurity, she’s known for building foundational programs that enable secure, scalable, and equitable research.
Her team supports everything from Epic-integrated applications to GPU-based LLM infrastructure, helping UW researchers move from data to discovery faster and more safely. She also leads key governance and AI readiness efforts across the institution and region.
Program leadership
Data Services and Business Solutions
Josh Lovseth, Data Services Manager
Applications & Technologies
Mark Todd, Assistant Director
Patrick Davis, Epic Research Manager
Solutions Development
Art , Development Manager
System Engineering
Miles Raymond, Infrastructure
Mayuko Masuda, Integration
REDCap Services
Courtney Howell, REDCap Services Manager
NACC Technology Team
Shilpa Allimatti, NACC Solutions Development Manager
RIT Education
Ann M Gleason, Research Applications Training Analyst
Program Management
Ti Haynes, Business Analyst