Statement of Mission

To provide the technology infrastructure and data management resources to facilitate inter-institutional collaborations, including community engagement, information and data sharing, and dissemination across the diverse RCMI communities to improve health outcomes, especially for underserved populations.

Statement of Vision

To create a seamless RCMI environment for collaboration, information and data sharing through innovative technology

Specific Aims

The RTRN Data Technology Coordinating Center has four specific aims:

• To serve as the hub of the RTRN to facilitate sharing of innovative research tools and information technology resources across inter-and intra-institutional basic and clinical research teams dedicated to improving health of disadvantaged communities
• To integrate new technologies and create research synergies that will support interdisciplinary interaction and multi-site translational research
• To implement a highly-functional network of cyber workspaces to facilitate inter-institutional collaborations including supporting community engagement and information sharing and dissemination amongst research clusters
• To provide the infrastructure for an integrated training environment to support the development of a new generation of scientists grounded in the principles of multidisciplinary and translational research

 

The Data and Technology Coordinating Center (DTCC) serves as the hub of RCMI Translational Research Network (RTRN) to facilitate the sharing of research tools and information technology resources across the Network. The DTCC maintains a web portal that provides a user-friendly interface allowing access to collaboratory and clinical tools that are critical to centralizing study data. The DTCC has a coordinated clinical data management system for the collection, storage, management and analysis of data from multiple sites to support the clinical and biomedical research activities of the RTRN.
The RTRN Data and Technology Coordinating Center (DTCC) is located in the Mississippi e-Center at Jackson State University and has over 6,500 square feet of dedicated space with redundant high-speed internet connections and Network infrastructure.

A scalable service-oriented architecture supports clinical research while an Internet2-based network will allow sharing of basic research data (e.g., imaging/molecular modeling, genomic/protenomic data), accessing high-end instrumentation and support inter-institutional educational activities (e.g., video access grid, sharepoint).