Connected to U-M through MICHR’s Network Based Research Unit, the National COVID Cohort Collaborative aims to improve the efficiency and accessibility of analyses with COVID-19 clinical data, expand researchers’ ability to analyze and understand COVID, and demonstrate a novel approach for collaborative pandemic data sharing.

Researchers across Michigan Medicine may now request access to the ACT (Accrual to Clinical Trials) Network, which can be used to explore and validate feasibility for participating CTSA multi-site clinical studies using electronic health record data.

Much of UMHealthResearch.org’s national reputation as an exceptional research participant recruitment platform is due to its innovative design, which has led to it being adopted by other research sites across the country. The University of Miami is the latest academic research institute to launch their own customized version of YourHealthResearch, which went live in mid-October.

MICHR’s unique participant recruitment site has received national recognition and attention across the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) consortium. UMHealthResearch is now being deployed across the country at half a dozen other CTSA programs in Illinois and Florida, with more expressing interest as the word spreads about its unique design and interface.

U-M was recently awarded a $3.9 million grant to disseminate its Electronic Medical Records Search Engine (EMERSE) tool to other research institutes. The 5-year grant is part of the NCI’s Informatics Technology for Cancer Research program.

EMERSE is a search engine that provides easy access to electronic health recorda data that was previously untapped.