title: StarBRITE: the Vanderbilt University Biomedical Research Integration, Translation and Education portal.
abstract: StarBRITE is a one-stop, web-based research portal designed to meet the day-to-day needs of the Vanderbilt University and Meharry Medical College research community during the planning and conduct of research studies. StarBRITE serves as the main online location for research support addressing issues such as identification and location of resources, identification of experts, guidance for regulatory applications and approvals, regulatory assistance, funding requests, research data planning and collection, and serves as a central repository for educational offerings. To date, there have been more than 590,038 StarBRITE hits by more than 6582 cumulative users. We present here StarBRITE design objectives, details about technical infrastructure and system components, status report and activity metrics for the first 2.75-years of operation, and a report of lessons learned during organizing, launching and refining the portal.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2525 West End Ave., 6th Floor, Nashville, TN 37203, USA. paul.harris@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Jonathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Swafford
authors.forename: Terri L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Minhua
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shraddha S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Nigavekar
authors.forename: Tonya R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Yarbrough
authors.forename: Lynda D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Tara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Helmer
authors.forename: Laurie A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Lebo
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mayo
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Masys
authors.forename: Gordon R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: Jill M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pulley
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D003628:Database Management Systems; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008490:Medical Informatics; D014495:Universities