The BIBCE Core works closely with the Brown Center for Biomedical Informatics (BCBI) to provide expertise and experience in informatics, data science, and library science applied to biomedicine and health care. Areas of expertise include:

• Data extraction, management, and analysis (including data mining and machine learning)
• Data standardization and integration
• Natural language processing and text mining
• Privacy and security
• Software engineering and system development (e.g., for clinical decision support tools)

The BIBCE Core also offers experience with the following tools and technologies:

• Operating systems: Windows, Mac, and Linux
• Programming languages: general purpose (e.g., Julia and Python), statistical (e.g., R), and database (e.g., SQL)
• Standards: syntactic (e.g., OMOP common data model) and semantic (CPT, ICD-9/10-CM, LOINC, RxNorm, SNOMED CT, etc.)
• Analytic Tools: Julia (JuliaAI and MLJ), Python (scikit-learn), OHDSI (ATLAS, etc.)

Please review our service policy and request an initial service consultation with the BIBCE Core to discuss your informatics needs. 

Service Policy

The BIBCE Core works closely with the Brown Research on Implementation and Dissemination to Guide Evidence Use (BRIDGE) program to provide implementation science expertise and experience.

Areas of expertise include:

• Dissemination and implementation (D&I) science models
• Guidance on implementation science theories and frameworks for study design
• Methods development expertise such as: formative evaluations, stakeholder engagement methods, implementation strategies, and hybrid designs

Please  review our service policy and request an initial service consultation with the BIBCE Core to discuss your implementation science needs.

Service Policy

The BIBCE Core helps researchers navigate the process of leveraging resources for projects involving health data extraction, management, and analysis. These resources include:

• National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C)
• Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap)
• Unified Research data Sharing and Access (URSA) Initiative

Development and use of these resources involves partnerships with groups across Rhode Island including:

• Brown Office of Information Technology / Center for Computation and Visualization
• Brown University Library / Center for Digital Scholarship
• COBRE Center for Computational Biology of Human Disease / Computational Biology Core
• Lifespan Research Computing
• Rhode Island INBRE Molecular Informatics Core

For more details about each resource, refer to Advance RI-CTR’s Resources page.

RESOURCES
Please request an initial service consultation with the BIBCE Core to discuss getting started with these resources, including completing onboarding.

If you are a researcher joining an existing Advance RI-CTR-supported project, please contact URSA Services and Support (ursa-help@brown.edu) to initiate onboarding. Please note: this change only affects onboarding requests. Please continue to use the Advance RI-CTR Service Request Form when requesting a new project consult.

Service Consultation

The BIBCE Core sponsors or co-sponsors seminars and workshops on a breadth of topics around effectively using data and technology to advance biomedical discovery and healthcare delivery. Each training activity features a topic area expert who shares methods, applications, or resources that are aligned with clinical and translational research, artificial intelligence in healthcare, and learning health systems.

Events/Training  Event Recordings