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Services Available Through the Clinical Research Informatics Team
Service | Description | Cost |
Access to de-identified tools for querying medical records | Self-service tools for searching USC |
records (i2b2) or records from other health systems (LADR, ACT, TriNetX |
). Immediately view de-identified counts and breakdowns of patients meeting search criteria to help you plan for clinical studies. | Free | |
Simple data extraction by CRI Developers | Extracting de-identified, aggregate, and identified patient datasets with appropriate approvals | $125/hour NIH funded / $150 Non-NIH |
Complex data extraction and development | Extracting and preparing custom clinical datasets in an analysis-ready format | $125/hour NIH funded / $150 Non-NIH |
mHealth consultations | Expert consulting on mobile health research and application development | $125/hour NIH funded / $150 Non-NIH |
Geospatial consultations | Expert consulting on informatics research projects linking geospatial information with health data | $125/hour NIH funded / $150 Non-NIH |
Technical |
consultations | Expert scientific consulting on clinical research informatics projects | $125/hour NIH funded / $150 Non-NIH |
REDCap project design | REDCap expert consultation and assistance with designing and building REDCap projects/databases | $125/hour NIH funded / $150 Non-NIH |
Categories for Pro-Bono Services
There are some instances where services or partial services may be rendered for free. Please see the chart below for more detail.
Category | Description | Amount |
Initial Consultation | Free for any project based at USC, CHLA and affiliated SC CTSI institutions | Free up to 1 hour |
SC CTSI Pilot Funding and DHS Implementation Science Awardees | Any SC CTSI Pilot Funding Awardee can receive up to 2 hours free for work related to the funded project | Free up to 2 hours |
Junior Investigators | Junior Investigators, as defined by NIH and/or in an Assistant professor classification may receive up to 5 free hours of support per project and 15 annuallyper fiscal year. | Free up to 5 hours per project Free up to 15 hours annuallyper fiscal year (ending June 30th) |
K Awardees | All K awardees may receive up to 15 hours free in total annually per fiscal year for their K – related project based at USC, CHLA and affiliated SC CTSI institutions | Free up to 15 hours annuallyper fiscal year (ending June 30th) |
T Scholars | All T scholars may receive up to 15 hours free in total annually per fiscal year for their T – related project based at USC, CHLA and affiliated SC CTSI institutions | Free up to 15 hours annuallyper fiscal year (ending June 30th) |
Extramural Grant Planning | Researchers seeking support in the preparation of grants for submission within 6 months, may receive up to 3 free hours of services in support of the grant application that includes 5% or more budget for CRI Data Services. | Free up to 3 hours of services in support of the grant application that includes 5% or more budget for CRI Data Services. |
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DHS Investigators with DHS Category 1 Research. Contact cri@usc.edu for details or visit:
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Volunteers willing train other Investigators in CRI tools and services. Contact cri@usc.edu for details.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Annual The maximum for researchers of is 15 total hours of free consultation (for all projects combined) per fiscal year (ending June 30th)
What is not free:
Any consultation or work performed after the initial consultation or outside of the free categories and time limitations abovePerformance of statistical analysis, even if a full initial hour of consultation has not been provided
Our priority and target audience is: 1) NIH-funded, junior investigators; 2) those planning to apply for NIH-funding
SC CTSI heavily subsidizes these services. Please plan to cite the SC CTSI grant (see footer) in any publications that benefit from them.