The following information is being disseminated on behalf of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science.

Starting in April, 2013, Coursera is hosting a free 6-week session on “data management for clinical research”.

https://www.coursera.org/course/datamanagement

About the Course
This course is designed to teach important concepts related to research data planning, collection, storage and dissemination. Instructors will offer information and best-practice guidelines for 1) investigator-initiated & sponsored research studies, 2) single- & multi-center studies, and 3) prospective data collection & secondary-reuse of clinical data for purposes of research. The curriculum will balance theoretical guidelines with the use of practical tools designed to assist in planning and conducting research. Real-world research examples, problem solving exercises and hands-on training will ensure students are comfortable with all concepts.

About the Instructor(s)
Paul Harris, PhD, is an associate professor of biomedical informatics and biomedical engineering with approximately 15 years’ experience working in in the field of clinical research informatics.  Dr. Harris services as Director of the Vanderbilt Office of Research Informatics and specializes in building innovative software platforms to support the research enterprise.  He is creator and faculty lead for REDCap - a flexible web-based data management software platform, and the REDCap consortium - a  network of 462 academic and non-profit partner sites from 49 countries using the REDCap software platform (www.project-redcap.org).  Dr. Harris has extensive experience teaching short-courses in data management and translational research within the United States, Japan and China.