Brooks, Ian M

Homayouni, Ramin

Kuscu, Emin

McDonald, Chanchai S

Nagisetty, Naga

Smith, Ebony

Viangteeravat, Teeradache

Vuthipadadon, Somchan

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Teeradache Viangteeravat

Ian M Brooks

Somchan Vuthipadadon

Emin Kuscu

Naga Nagisetty

Ebony Smith

Ramin Homayouni

Chanchai S McDonald

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POSTER PRESENTATION Open AccessSlim-Prim: an integrated data system for clinicaland translational researchTeeradache Viangteeravat1, Ian M Brooks1, Somchan Vuthipadadon1, Emin Kuscu1, Naga Nagisetty1, Ebony Smith1,Ramin Homayouni2, Chanchai S McDonald1*From UT-ORNL-KBRIN Bioinformatics Summit 2010Cadiz, KY, USA. 19-21 March 2010BackgroundTranslational science provides opportunities for basicand clinical research scientists to address healthcareproblems collaboratively. However, data from differentresearch domains present disparate storage and accessi-bility issues due to data heterogeneity and size. Increas-ingly, centralized data storage and maintenance optionsare utilized to overcome these problems. The Biomedi-cal Informatics Unit of the UT-CTSI has developed ascalable and modular integrated data system (IDS), theSlim-Prim system (Scientific Laboratory & Patient-careResearch Information Management), to address theseissues.Materials and methodsSlim-Prim is a relational database acting as a clinicaltrial data management interface and archival datarepository. Data access is provided through user-friendly web-applications. Slim-Prim provides secure,centralized data storage and analytic services to clinicaland basic science researchers at UTHSC. Data integrityis monitored via powerful built-in analytic tools. Thesystem is customizable, allowing batch import of largedatasets and integration with ongoing studies. Exportfunctions allow data to be extracted to third party ana-lysis software. Importantly, administrative tools allowthe PI of any dataset to control access to their data.Collaboration is an essential aspect of translationalresearch, and Slim-Prim fosters a collaborative envir-onment via HIPAA compliant data sharing via secureweb applications.Author details1Biomedical Informatics Unit, University of Tennessee Health Science Center,Memphis, TN 38163, USA. 2Department of Biology, University of Memphis,Memphis, TN 38152, USA.Published: 23 July 2010doi:10.1186/1471-2105-11-S4-P5Cite this article as: Viangteeravat et al.: Slim-Prim: an integrated datasystem for clinical and translational research. BMC Bioinformatics 2010 11(Suppl 4):P5.Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Centraland take full advantage of: • Convenient online submission• Thorough peer review• No space constraints or color figure charges• Immediate publication on acceptance• Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar• Research which is freely available for redistributionSubmit your manuscript at www.biomedcentral.com/submit* Correspondence: Chanchai@uthsc.edu1Biomedical Informatics Unit, University of Tennessee Health Science Center,Memphis, TN 38163, USAViangteeravat et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2010, 11(Suppl 4):P5http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/11/S4/P5© 2010 McDonald et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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POSTER PRESENTATION Open Access
Slim-Prim: an integrated data system for clinical
and translational research
Teeradache Viangteeravat1, Ian M Brooks1, Somchan Vuthipadadon1, Emin Kuscu1, Naga Nagisetty1, Ebony Smith1,
Ramin Homayouni2, Chanchai S McDonald1*
From UT-ORNL-KBRIN Bioinformatics Summit 2010
Cadiz, KY, USA. 19-21 March 2010
Background
Translational science provides opportunities for basic
and clinical research scientists to address healthcare
problems collaboratively. However, data from different
research domains present disparate storage and accessi-
bility issues due to data heterogeneity and size. Increas-
ingly, centralized data storage and maintenance options
are utilized to overcome these problems. The Biomedi-
cal Informatics Unit of the UT-CTSI has developed a
scalable and modular integrated data system (IDS), the
Slim-Prim system (Scientific Laboratory & Patient-care
Research Information Management), to address these
issues.
Materials and methods
Slim-Prim is a relational database acting as a clinical
trial data management interface and archival data
repository. Data access is provided through user-
friendly web-applications. Slim-Prim provides secure,
centralized data storage and analytic services to clinical
and basic science researchers at UTHSC. Data integrity
is monitored via powerful built-in analytic tools. The
system is customizable, allowing batch import of large
datasets and integration with ongoing studies. Export
functions allow data to be extracted to third party ana-
lysis software. Importantly, administrative tools allow
the PI of any dataset to control access to their data.
Collaboration is an essential aspect of translational
research, and Slim-Prim fosters a collaborative envir-
onment via HIPAA compliant data sharing via secure
web applications.
Author details
1Biomedical Informatics Unit, University of Tennessee Health Science Center,
Memphis, TN 38163, USA. 2Department of Biology, University of Memphis,
Memphis, TN 38152, USA.
Published: 23 July 2010
doi:10.1186/1471-2105-11-S4-P5
Cite this article as: Viangteeravat et al.: Slim-Prim: an integrated data
system for clinical and translational research. BMC Bioinformatics 2010 11
(Suppl 4):P5.
Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central
and take full advantage of: 
• Convenient online submission
• Thorough peer review
• No space constraints or color figure charges
• Immediate publication on acceptance
• Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar
• Research which is freely available for redistribution
Submit your manuscript at 
www.biomedcentral.com/submit
* Correspondence: Chanchai@uthsc.edu
1Biomedical Informatics Unit, University of Tennessee Health Science Center,
Memphis, TN 38163, USA
Viangteeravat et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2010, 11(Suppl 4):P5
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/11/S4/P5
© 2010 McDonald et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.


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