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  The CTSI Academy offers courses and training programs on a variety of topics covering all the practical aspects of translational research.
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- Importance of Multidisciplinary Team Science
  Learn about the importance of a diverse team and how non-traditional stakeholders play a role in the Ensemble program.
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  Review the Ensemble program’s notable accomplishments since its inception in 2019.
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- Funding Opportunities
  Review current RFAs for Ensemble program funding opportunities.
Data Science & Informatics
- Center for Biomedical Informatics
  Access expertise in important biomedical informatics knowledge domains including data warehousing, data modeling, application design and development, recruitment database management, natural language processing, and more.
- Data Science Services
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BMI Resource Links

Biomedical Informatics Resource Links

Please bookmark this web page for easy login access and important system updates!

Clinical Research Data Warehouse (CRDW)

Need CRDW Support? Email the Research Informatics team: cbmi-ri@mcw.edu

Refresh Alert

The CRDW will not be refreshed the week of September 2

Refresh Scheduled for Froedtert & Children's Data

Every Wednesday at 5 p.m. i2B2 & Honest Broker are refreshed
- Be sure to log out prior to 5pm to avoid losing your work
- TriNetX data gets updated within a few days after the Wednesday refresh
Children's Data Freshness Alert
- CSG physician/professional billing data will not include service dates after 12/31/2023 during the conversion to Epic PB. We do not know when 2024 data will begin to flow again to the CRDW.

Resource Updates

Honest Broker Data Dictionary Updates
- Fixed Encounters table payer definitions and added payer coding reference table

CRDW Tools

TriNetX
- Froedtert Health (1.8 million patients)
- Children’s Wisconsin (997K patients)
Froedtert Health System i2b2
Froedtert Health System Honest Broker
- Includes most Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin hospitals and clinics
  - Excludes data for Froedtert South and Holy Family sites
Children’s Wisconsin i2b2
Children’s Wisconsin Honest Broker
- Includes data for Children’s Specialty Group
- NOTE: The Children’s data warehouse DOES NOT include data from Children’s Medical Group
- Physician billinh data for Children's Wisconsin is only current through 12/31/2023
ENACT (Accrual to Clinical Trials) Network SHRINE Query Tool
Research teams can explore and validate feasibility for clinical studies across the NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) consortium. Over 40 CTSA sites are configured to return cohort feasibility counts!

Access our Guide to Using the ACT Network (PDF)

CRDW Reference Guides

CTSI Honest Broker Data Dictionary (PDF)

CRDW Jupyter User Guide (PDF)

CTSI Data Warehouse User Guide (PDF)

Create an Honest Broker Extract using a TriNetX Patient List (PDF)

Faculty Collaboration Database

Faculty Collaboration Database

The Faculty Collaboration Database is a unique MCW tool to promote faculty development, interdisciplinary collaborations and communications
Access the Database

REDCap - Research Electronic Data Capture

Learn More About REDCap

REDCap is a secure, customizable web-based database application used to collect and store research data
Access Information
Log In to REDCap

Request a new project or log in to your existing account.
Access REDCap

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