# Information Systems Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $274,590

## Abstract

ABSTRACT – INFORMATION SYSTEMS SHARED RESOURCE
 The Duke Cancer Institute Information Systems (DCI-IS) shared resource provides critical information
systems and expertise to support DCI members with the clinical, translational, and basic biomedical research.
The goal of the resource is to deliver comprehensive computational support that provides DCI investigators the
breadth of technology to accomplish their research goals. DCI-IS is available to DCI members and their
laboratories and personnel at no charge. Support for DCI-IS comes from a combination of Cancer Center Support
Grant, DCI and institutional funding. In addition to infrastructure, DCI-IS provides DCI members technical
support, application and hardware assistance, and consultation for database development, application
development, and web development. The resource provides call-in support, assistance, and consultation for
electronic data capture (EDC), database development, application development, website development and
server provisioning. In addition to application and data server support, DCI-IS provides support for large scale
servers and software for the DCI's Biostatistics and Bioinformatics shared resource. DCI-IS leverages the Duke
IT and Informatics resources, including Duke Health Technology Solutions (DHTS), Duke Office of Instructional
Technology (OIT), Duke Office of Clinical Research (DOCR), and other institutional groups to leverage
enterprise-level IT expertise, experience, and resources to efficiently meet the needs of DCI members. Several
primary benefits of DCI-IS for DCI members are: 1) an agile, experienced team, highly skilled in cancer research-
related IT; 2) specialized support; 3) 21CFR Part 11-compliant electronic data capture (EDC) system
development; 4) user training and ongoing support; 5) expeditious responses to complex and intricate requests;
6) provisioning of infrastructure; and 7) hardware and software to meet the computing needs of both DCI
members and other DCI-based shared resources.
 In 2018, DCI-IS provided services to 164 investigators, 100% of whom were DCI members, accounting for
100% of usage, from all 8 DCI Research Programs. Use of DCI-IS by DCI members contributed to 138
publications over the current project period, 23 of which were in high impact journals (Impact Factor>9),
demonstrating the value of DCI-IS services.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9853594
- **Project number:** 2P30CA014236-46
- **Recipient organization:** DUKE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Timothy Steele
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $274,590
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9853594

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9853594, Information Systems Core (2P30CA014236-46). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9853594. Licensed CC0.

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