Research Electronic Data Capture

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
In Somkhele, South Africa, a research assistant from the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) uses VUMC’s REDCap Mobile Application to gather information in the field.
February 10, 2022

Mobile app from VUMC supports field research around the world

In 2015 a team at Vanderbilt launched the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) Mobile Application. As of a year ago, the app had been enabled by 802 organizations around the world and had been used for 9,871 projects involving 19,636 end-users.

By Paul Govern
Researchers gathered Feb. 25 in Light Hall for presentations in celebration of VUMC’s fourth annual REDCap Day. REDCap (short for Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases. It’s specifically geared to support online or offline data capture for research studies and operations. Developed at VUMC by Paul Harris, PhD, MS, (shown above) and released in 2004, REDCap has 1.2 million users in 135 countries. For more information visit projectredcap.org.
February 27, 2020

REDCap Day 2020

Researchers gathered Feb. 25 in Light Hall for presentations in celebration of VUMC’s fourth annual REDCap Day. REDCap (short for Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases.

By VUMC News and Communications
August 15, 2019

REDCap data management tool reaches million user mark

Fifteen years after it was launched, REDCap, Vanderbilt University’s research data management tool, has reached 1 million users throughout the world.

By Bill Snyder