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The DAC's aim is to provide services to any clinical and translational investigators in the conceptualization, design, conduct, and analysis of their research studies.
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REDCap

REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure, web-based application for building and managing online databases for the collection and entry of research data. It is a valuable resource that allows you to build web-based databases quickly and securely, with special features like ad-hoc reporting and scheduling. It is fast and flexible with an easy to use design environment to create data capture forms. The program was developed by staff at Vanderbilt University in 2004 in order to help researchers manage data for small/medium sized projects in a systematic manner (metadata defined, secure, audit trails, etc). The system is continually updated and enhanced by the Project REDCap team at Vanderbilt. This installation of REDCap is provided by the Design and Analysis Core (DAC), which is jointly sponsored by the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (Award#:UL1TR000050) and The UIC Cancer Center (CC). REDCap is maintained by the IT staff at the Institute for Health Research and Policy (IHRP). It is offered as a free service to UIC health investigators, faculty, and staff. To learn more about REDCap, visit: http://www.redcap.ihrp.uic.edu/.

Click here for a summary of the REDCap features.

Click here for information on upcoming REDCap 101 training, Wednesday, May 8th

Click here for information on upcoming REDCap 102 training, Wednesday, May 15th

REDCap Training Video

Click here for downloading narrated power point on using REDCap. Login with netID required. This presentation, given to an audience of graduate students, explores the various ways REDCap can be used in research.

Instructions for downloading the video:

  • Download the video and unzip it.
  • You will need codec to play the video in Windows Media Player.
  • Download the "gotomeeting" codec from. https://www2.gotomeeting.com/codec and install it
  • Play the video using windows media player.