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A Foot in Each World: Bridging the Divide Between Clinical Research and the Mobile Apps That Support It

US NIH RePORTER (National Institute of Mental Health - NIMH) grant awarded #nih-1R50MH141887-01

Summary

This award provides 3 years of funding to Santiago Arconada Alvarez, MS, an emerging leader in translational research software at Emory University, to deepen his software expertise and evolve into a leader in the field.

What they want

The recipient will focus on enhancing data security and transparency in existing projects to promote reproducible research, integrating advanced analytics to support Principal Investigators’ primary research goals, making platforms and methods accessible to researchers at other institutions and within the broader research software community, and building capacity in the Research Software Engineer (RSE) community by mentoring junior engineers, taking on leadership roles, and championing user-centered design in research.
Deliverables
  • Enhanced data security and transparency in existing projects
  • Integration of advanced analytics to support Principal Investigators’ primary research goals
  • Platforms and methods made accessible to researchers at other institutions and the broader research software community
  • Capacity building in the RSE community through mentoring, leadership, and championing user-centered design
Technical requirements
  • Development of digital health platforms
  • User-centered design software
  • Data security enhancement
  • Advanced analytics integration
  • Mobile app development
Key personnel
  • Santiago Arconada Alvarez, MS (Research Software Engineer)
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