Research Tools Team

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Overview

The Research Tools team is responsible for operating and extending institution-scale digital platforms for researchers, including UCSF’s research electronic data capture (REDCap) systems.

Products we support

  • REDCap: Free self-service data platform with user-created custom databases, data capture, surveys, and robust integrations. Approved for electronic consent, but not Part 11 compliant.
     
  • REDCap Premium: Managed platform with additional access control and costs. Electronic consent Part 11 compliant; full platform validation planned.
     
  • REDCap Cloud: Fully Part 11 compliant third-party EDC platform. More costly and projects may require professional services to launch.
     
  • REDCap Consulting: The Research Tools team is pleased to offer Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) consulting services for the development of custom REDCap functionality, data collection instruments, and other custom data management requests.

How to reach us

Learn about consultation services, lead times, and pricing

  • Please note that our current wait time for project initiation is approximately 24 weeks. To ensure timely assistance, submit your request now to enter the queue. We will review your submission and confirm if we are the appropriate team to assist.
  • We are actively working to reduce wait times by seeking additional resources. However, budget constraints limit our ability to expand our team at this moment.

Teams members

Remi Frazier, Manager Research Tools & Systems

Paul Miller

Scott Robertson

Glenda Sharp

Danielle Stephens

Kaizen Towfiq

Partnerships

The research tools team works in partnership with the UCSF APeX Enabled Research (AER) team.