REDCap

March 1, 2024

2024 REDCap Fest available online

Videos and slides from 2024 REDCap Fest, held online Feb. 21 – 23, are available for viewing by members of the Vanderbilt and Meharry Medical College research community.

By Paul Govern
This year’s REDCapCon drew of attendees from 19 countries, six continents, and 42 U.S. states and territories.
September 21, 2023

World’s research data administrators descend on Seattle for REDCapCon 2023

Institutional research data administrators from around world got their REDCap on at REDCapCon 2023, held Sept. 10-13 in Seattle.

By Paul Govern
May 24, 2023

VUMC app used by research participants around the world

MyCap is a secure, customizable mobile computing application (for smartphone or tablet) used to collect data from research participants on a remote basis.

At Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where MyCap was created and launched in 2018, some 107 projects have used the app, and by 2021, research participants in 135 countries had installed the free app.

By Paul Govern
Stephany Duda, PhD, speaks during this year’s virtual REDCap Day.
February 16, 2023

REDCap day highlights tool’s new features, global impact

REDCap Day (Research Electronic Data Capture) is an annual event featuring presentations and workshops for the Vanderbilt and Meharry Medical College research community.

By Mia Garchitorena-Scancarelli
January 17, 2023

Virtual REDCap event set for Feb. 1-3

The third annual Virtual REDCap Day event will be held via Zoom on Feb. 1-3 from 8 a.m.-11 a.m. CST each day. 

By VUMC News and Communications
The REDCapCon in Boston drew 377 registrants from 263 institutions spanning 42 states and 22 countries on six continents.
September 29, 2022

Conference highlights REDCap’s global reach

REDCap administrators from around the world recently attended the 14th edition of REDCapCon in Boston, hosted this year by Harvard Catalyst, Harvard University’s center for clinical and translational science.

By Paul Govern
June 16, 2022

Researchers add sign language videos to electronic surveys

A new external module in Vanderbilt's REDCap improves electronic survey accessibility for respondents who are deaf. The module makes it easy to embed individual sign language videos for each survey question and answer.
By Paul Govern
April 6, 2022

Major grant renewal to provide five more years of support for VICTR

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has competed successfully for a third renewal of its Clinical and Translational Science Award by the National Institutes of Health.
By Bill Snyder
February 23, 2022

Innovation draws researchers to REDCap Day

Vanderbilt's virtual REDCap Day featuring presentations and workshops drew 412 participants this year.
By Paul Govern
January 31, 2022

Virtual REDCap event to be Feb. 16-18

By VUMC News and Communications
April 29, 2021

VUMC team screens high school for SARS-CoV-2 asymptomatic infections

Under the SARS CoV-2 Return to School Saliva Opt-in Screening Study, which began last November at University School of Nashville, a research team from Vanderbilt University Medical Center is testing a solution for efficient asymptomatic disease surveillance and control.
By Paul Govern
March 3, 2021

REDCap Day highlights new features, innovative use cases

Each year at VUMC, REDCap Day brings together local users from VUMC, Vanderbilt University and Meharry Medical College for a morning of brief presentations on innovative use cases and new and upcoming features.
By Paul Govern
February 11, 2021

Data mart speeds recruitment for COVID research

The arrival last March of the COVID-19 pandemic in Tennessee presented challenges for the clinical research enterprise at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Prompt recruitment of patients newly diagnosed with COVID-19 into clinical trials was, and remains, a public health imperative with top-level backing from the federal government.
By Paul Govern