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Democratizing data access for clinical researchers to improve healthcare quality and delivery

What is the C-QODE?

We aim to facilitate a pathway for young investigators to pursue data-centric research that improves healthcare quality and delivery. We accomplish this by democratizing data access for clinical and non-clinical researchers. We provide a platform for proceduralists to share resources to achieve economies of scale and facilitate new research projects that increase the velocity of evaluation, insights and discovery.

Collaborative Center Governance
C-QODE fosters a spirit of collaboration among multidisciplinary clinical and research teams with broad ranges of experience and expertise.

Democratize Data Access and BD2K
C-QODE works to democratize data access for researchers. We empower proceduralists to facilitate new research projects that increase the velocity of discovery.

Junior Faculty and Academic Trainee Research Education
C-QODE aims to facilitate a pathway for young investigators to pursue data-centric research that improves healthcare quality and delivery.

Actionable Solutions
C-QODE is committed to sharing results with the clinical, academic and patient community. We're aligned with learning health system principles to change the standard of care.

Center Services

The center’s focus is to translate new data into clinical and health decision making with a focus on providing these services:

We provide the infrastructure to the emergence of health services research encompassing surgical outcomes research, quality improvement, and implementation science.
Data to assist in the delivery of recommended timely care to the right patient.
Our data repository helps researchers observe population-level outcomes research that translates into real health benefits to society.
We support study design and initiation, grant and manuscript writing, and submission.

Use Cases:

Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Humans

University of Minnesota awarded $21M to lead research revealing effects of vagus nerve stimulation in humans

The Research Evaluating Vagal Excitation and Anatomical Links (REVEAL) project is a $21 million NIH-funded project that will take place over three years. REVEAL aims to study the anatomical connections and functional effects of vagus nerve stimulation, which is an FDA-approved treatment for epilepsy and depression.

From the University of Minnesota, the study team includes faculty from multiple departments across the Medical School, the College of Science and Engineering, and the School of Public Health. These faculty also represent the Center for Neuroengineering, the Institute for Engineering in Medicine, the Center for Quality Outcomes, Discovery and Evaluation (C-QODE) and the Minnesota Consortium for Autonomic Neuromodulation.

Pancreatic Cancer Study

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