Announcement: This webinar occurred on November 27, 2007. The powerpoint slides are now available.

Using hospital data for translational research at UMass Medical School
Breaking down the roadblocks
November 27, 2:00 PM EST (11:00 PST)

A conversation with: Ralph Zottola, Ph.D., Associate CIO, Information Services
Instructor, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
University of Massachusetts Medical School


UMASS Medical School selected the i2b2 platform to provide the informatics infrastructure to support a new tissue bank for translational research. Dr. Zottola will speak on what alternatives he considered, why he chose i2b2, and how he has worked with Recombinant Data to plan for the implementation of a clinical data repository for a tissue bank. We will discuss:

● Informatics challenges for research – how to integrate clinical data in a research data repository

● How the i2b2 informatics platform and the tissue bank supports the UMASS CTSA Application

● How Recombinant's approach, which integrates research and quality data needs, has facilitated communication between the Medical School and the Hospital

Aaron Abend, co-Founder of Recombinant and manager for the UMass project, will also be available to answer technical questions about the i2b2 data repository.