REDCap Archives
VUMC app used by research participants around the world
May. 24, 2023—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.
REDCap day highlights tool’s new features, global impact
Feb. 16, 2023—REDCap Day (Research Electronic Data Capture) is an annual event featuring presentations and workshops for the Vanderbilt and Meharry Medical College research community.
Virtual REDCap event set for Feb. 1-3
Jan. 17, 2023—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.
Study supports removing race from estimate of kidney function
Nov. 17, 2022—An in-depth analysis by Vanderbilt investigators of published research studies supports removing race from the calculation of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) — an assessment of kidney function.
Conference highlights REDCap’s global reach
Sep. 29, 2022—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.
Researchers add sign language videos to electronic surveys
Jun. 16, 2022—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.
AAMC launches Health Equity Inventory at VUMC
Apr. 21, 2022—The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has launched a pilot project with Vanderbilt University Medical Center to develop a cloud-based tool to inventory community-based activities to address health inequities.
Major grant renewal to provide five more years of support for VICTR
Apr. 6, 2022—Vanderbilt University Medical Center has competed successfully for a third renewal of its Clinical and Translational Science Award by the National Institutes of Health.
Innovation draws researchers to REDCap Day
Feb. 23, 2022—Vanderbilt's virtual REDCap Day featuring presentations and workshops drew 412 participants this year.
Mobile app from VUMC supports field research around the world
Feb. 10, 2022—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.
Virtual REDCap event to be Feb. 16-18
Jan. 31, 2022—The second virtual REDCap Day event, which will be held via Zoom on Feb. 16-18. The event will be held from 8 a.m.- noon CST on Feb. 16, and 8-11a.m. CST on Feb. 17 and 18. You may attend as many or as few sessions as your schedule allows. All VU, VUMC and Meharry REDCap...
VUMC team screens high school for SARS-CoV-2 asymptomatic infections
Apr. 29, 2021—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.
