Overview
Coming Soon Early 2025
Current CLARITY analysts with access to UCSF’s electronic medical records must soon enroll in the Federated Research Data Steward Program (FReDS) to extract clinical data for scientific research and support researchers within their own departments.
Offerings
What is FReDS?
Academic Research Services extends access to data for scientific research beyond ARS’ centralized Clinical Data Research Consultation through the Federated Research Data Steward Program (FReDS). The FReDS program guides analysts in extracting, delivering, and sharing UCSF data. This program provides training, support, and oversight to ensure each data request is compliant with UCSF policies and regulatory standards.
Become a Federated Research Data Steward
If you already have access to UCSF’s electronic medical record data and wish to provide data for research to staff or faculty within your department or group, please visit the FReDS Program Home Page (external site/VPN required) to learn how to enroll.
Please note: As of 09/30/2025, if you access UCSF’s electronic medical record databases directly and extract data for the purpose of scientific research, and are not enrolled in the FReDS program, you are out of compliance with UCSF policy.
How to reach us
Please visit our wiki page to learn how to get in contact with the FReDS Support Team (external site/VPN required).