Our services include, but are not limited to:
- Access to Claims, EMR & Other Data
- Data Analysis
- Data Collection Methods
- Database Design & Management
- Data Satety and Integrity
- Models Evaluation
- Grant Writing
- Healthcare Cost Effectiveness
- Qualitative and Quantitive Analysis
- Sample Randomization
- Power and Sample Size Calculations
- Manuscripts, Abstracts, & Poster Development
- Study and Experimental Design
- Statistical Analysis Plan Development
- Artifical Intelligence, Machine Learning & Deep Learning Support
- Artifical Intelligence & Machine Learning Analysis Plan
Who can request the service?
We aim to serve all EVMS faculty, staff and residents with research support needs in order to improve the quality and long-term success of scientific research. We also collaborate with surrounding hospitals and partners in the Hampton Roads community.
Consultation Process
Each project will be performed by faculty or staff with the appropriate expertise. Relevant personnel efforts will be fully discussed and provided to the investigator(s) for each project. Collaboration and consulting support typically begin with an initial meeting to discuss the project and to estimate the amount of time that will be required. Basic questions and analytical problems can be solved during this initial meeting. However, sometimes further work and additional meetings are required.
Acknowledgement and Authorship
It is important for the investigator(s) and RISE faculty/staff consultants to discuss co-authorship on scientific projects and agree on criteria early in their collaborative process. Authorship is generally expected where substantive input and effort on research design and/or statistical analysis are provided. As an example, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommends authorship to be based on the following four criteria (www.icmje.org):
- Substantial contribution to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND
- Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND
- Final approval of the version to be published; AND
- Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Those who meet the four criteria should be identified as authors. Those who do not meet all four criteria should be acknowledged as contributors. Examples of contributor activities include: acquisition of funding; general supervision of a research group or general administrative support; and writing assistance, technical editing, language editing, and proofreading.
Software
RISE support research by conducting data analysis, sample size calculations and power analysis, randomization, and results presentation (tables, figures, etc.) with the following programming languages: SAS, SQL, R, Python, and GIS.
Submit a Service Request Form
To set up an appointment with our team, please complete the following service request form:
Submit a VHI Data Request Form
To recieve data from the Virginia Health Information database, please complete the following data request form:
Submit a TriNetX Access Request Form
To gain access to aggregate, patient-level Sentara Healthcare data, please complete the following aaccess request form:
Sentara Research Data Requests (airtable.com)