Informatics Support

As part of its efforts to speed discoveries across the biomedical continuum, NCRR is working to better connect scientists with one another, as well as with patients and communities across the nation. These connections bring together innovative research teams and the power of shared resources, multiplying the opportunities to improve human health.

Biomedical Informatics Research Network

This consortium of more than 28 universities and 37 research groups supports the integration of data, expertise, and unique technologies to spur scientific advances that would be difficult or impossible in the context of individual laboratories. READ MORE >>

Clinical Research Networks

This project—part of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research—is intended to promote and expand clinical research informatics networks that can rapidly facilitate high-quality clinical studies that address multiple research questions. READ MORE >>

IDeANet

This project—an outgrowth of NCRR's IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence program—provides researchers with broad bandwidth Internet connections to expand opportunities for research collaboration and to promote greater inclusion of under-represented minority and rural populations in research. READ MORE >>

National Centers for Biomedical Computing

These centers—funded under the NIH Roadmap for Biomedical Computing—form the core of the effort to build the nation's computational infrastructure for biomedical computing. READ MORE

National Technology Centers for Networks and Pathways

The primary goal of this project—part of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research—is to develop new technologies for studying the dynamics of molecular interactions within cells. READ MORE

Reports

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Informatics Developments Relevant To Clinical Research—a series of reports commissioned by NCRR on developments in clinical research information technology.

Ensuring the Inclusion of Clinical Research in the Nationwide Health Information Network
     • Workshop Summary
     • Final Workshop Report (581KB PDF)

Supporting Connectivity for Biomedical Research
     • Workshop Summary
     • Final Workshop Report (278KB PDF)

Navigating the Translational Researcher Through a Complex of Animal and Biological Resources
     • Workshop Summary
     • Final Workshop Report (340KB PDF)