Clinical researchers

Belfer Office for Dana-Farber Innovations (BODFI)

Budget office

Clinical trial administration

Office of General Council

Pharmacy

Research administrators

Technical Support

REDCap

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REDCap

DF/HCC

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REDCap provides a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases.

REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure, HIPAA-compliant web-based application designed for data collection for research studies. It enables rapid project development and provides users with advanced functionality, complete autonomy and control of projects, and direct exports to common statistical packages.

COMING:

REDCap eConsent Part-11 Compliant System

Clinical trial administration

Research administrators

DFCI REDCap User Documentation

Clinical Research and Research Administration Software

Websites for research and clinical programs

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Websites for research and clinical programs

DF/HCC

Outside participating sites

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Graphic design, content, programming, social media, and hosting

DFCI’s Health Communication Core develops websites ranging from simple, static sites to complex, interactive web applications. The HCC creative team provides professional writing, graphic design, programming, social media, and strategy development services for:

Research recruitment/retention
Online interventions
Decision aid development
Research dissemination
Awareness and outreach

Contact health_communication@dfci.harvard.edu to explore how HCC can help strengthen your online presence.

Basic Research Software

Network Access Control (NAC)

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Network Access Control (NAC)

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A component of the overall effort to strengthen the security of our environment

NAC checks devices connecting to the Mass General Brigham network for compliance with specific security policies. The agent currently used at Mass General Brigham is ForeScout SecureConnector, which is already installed on most Mass General Brigham standard Windows workstations, some PEAS-enrolled Macs and mobile devices. Linux computers are exempt at this time.
Please see the DFCI Online NAC page for more information

Research administrators

DFCI Online NAC page

NIH STRIDES Initiative GCP Account

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NIH STRIDES Initiative GCP Account

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Researcher Application form: GettingStartedwithSTRIDES.docx
The application form must be filled out and sent to Jim Coyne at Onix in addition to submitting a request on the Research Computing Infrastructure request form

As of Monday April 20, 2020 DFCI will be participating in the NIH STRIDES Initiative. Joining the initiative will give researchers with NIH funded grants, access to discounts for services offered by Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

The NIH STRIDES initiative promotes the use of cloud technologies in research. Currently the NIH has negotiated with Google and Amazon to provide discounts to those researchers that would like to use these technologies. The NIH promises that in the near future, data sharing by funded institutions as well the NIH itself will be available.
From the NIH Website “STRIDES Initiative”
“…NIH to explore the use of cloud environments to streamline NIH data use by partnering with commercial providers. NIH’s STRIDES Initiative provides cost-effective access to industry-leading partners to help advance biomedical research. These partnerships enable access to rich datasets and advanced computational infrastructure, tools, and services.”

Additional reference documents: GoogleCloudforStrides , STRIDESGCPProfessionalServices

Research Computing Infrastructure request form

Technical Support

Lab equipment purchases

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Lab equipment purchases

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Non-computer purchases

For lab equipment other than computer purchases, you need to place your order through PeopleSoft.
To have a new supplier added to PeopleSoft, fill out a New Supplier Request form.

Please review DFCI's Purchasing Policies and Procedures for information on purchases greater than $3,500.
Policy requires three written, sealed bids or quotes for purchases of $10,000 or more. For items between $2,500 and $10,000, two quotes are required. In some situations, departments may request a waiver of the process by completing a waiver obtained from the Purchasing department.