Tools for Biomedical Research

Updated 9/2025
Resource Information
Biostatistics Support
  • Office of Clinical Research (here)
  • Biostatistics and Epidemiology Counseling Service (BECS)
  • DC CFAR Clinical and Population Sciences Core (here)
Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) Enhanced clinical research courses and certifications (here)
Cosmos data model/ Epic Powered by Epic - “The largest integrated database of clinical information in the US” (GW Cosmos access here)
Slicer-Dicer for Epic Access for research projects that would benefit from access to summary-level national data (here)  
 
Cerner Learning Health Network/Oracle Powered by Oracle - “A nationwide network of diverse health systems that share de-identified, real-world data to help advance clinical research and trials” (here)
Power Trials Prescreening Cerner-developed, HIPAA compliant prescreening application to search EHR for potential participants.
OnCore OnCore is GW's Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS; here).
Protocol Builder GW provides free access to speed the development of research protocols that comply with IRB and regulatory standards. (here)
 
REDCap REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases. GW REDCap Online Training is available to users (here)
Forte Participant Payment solution University's preferred payment option for research study

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