University of South Florida Health Informatics Institute

Mission

Establish and maintain expertise in biomedical science, statistics, clinical trial and study design and coordination, software and data engineering, big data and high performance computing, and integrative bioinformatics.

Ongoing functions of the HII in support of this mission include the following:

• coordinate and conduct clinical trials and health services research, including protocol development, oversight and monitoring of clinical centers, and interaction with sponsors;
• design, develop, and maintain applications, complex databases (structured and unstructured), analysis data warehouses, and data governance policies that accommodate the full data lifecycle needs of clinical research;
• provide and maintain comprehensive and customized reporting services for clinical operations;
• provide scientific guidance to investigators on research study design, statistical methodology, and data management, data analysis, and data interpretation;
• collaborate with research laboratories and analytical partners in the design, development, evaluation, implementation, and maintenance of analysis software pipelines; and
• offer a suite of data sharing platforms and interfaces.

DCU Number: 40.1550

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