The Federal Interagency Traumatic Brain Injury Research (FITBIR) informatics system was developed to share data across the entire TBI research field and to facilitate collaboration between laboratories, as well as interconnectivity with other informatics platforms. Sharing data, methodologies, and associated tools, rather than summaries or interpretations of this information, can accelerate research progress by allowing re-analysis of data, as well as re-aggregation, integration, and rigorous comparison with other data, tools, and methods. This community-wide sharing requires common data definitions and standards, as well as comprehensive and coherent informatics approaches.
To achieve its vision, FITBIR implements the interagency Common Data Elements for TBI research and provides tools and resources to extend the data dictionary.
FITBIR has established a two-tiered submission strategy to ensure high quality and to provide maximum benefit to investigators.
Qualified researchers can request access to data stored in FITBIR and/or data stored at federated repositories.To gain access to shared data, an investigator must obtain data access privileges.
The Federal Interagency Traumatic Brain Injury Research (FITBIR) informatics system is an extensible, scalable informatics platform for TBI relevant imaging, assessment, genomics, and other data types
It is a free resource to the TBI community designed to accelerate comparative effectiveness research
on brain injury diagnosis and treatment.
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