414 - Creating a novel data warehouse for injury-related research

Publication Number: 414.4503

Mark R. Zonfrillo, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States; Caroline T. Goodwin, Brown University Health, Providence, RI, United States; Lindsay M.. Orchowski, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States

Background: The Injury Control Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) at Rhode Island Hospital is the first and only NIH-funded COBRE research center to focus solely on injury control, and supports the research activities of injury control researchers to ensure their transition to independently funded scientists. The Research to Practice and Policy (RPP) Core equips COBRE-affiliated investigators with tools to tailor their study methodologies and dissemination strategies for impact on clinical practice and policy.

Objective: Our primary objective was to design a Data Warehouse with comprehensive archiving of training and seminars related to the Injury Control COBRE, as well as creation of a clearinghouse of publicly available data sources that can be used to study injury. In addition to the list and description of these databases, a secondary objective was to commission videos that narrate slides describing the databases in depth.

Design/Methods: Identification of open-access datasets and other metadata for public use were identified through internet searches and snowball sampling of researchers in various injury networks. Once databases were identified and collated, PubMed and Google Scholar searches were conducted to identify publications and authors who had used each database. These authors were contacted and asked to contribute by completing slides based on a standardized template describing the database in depth (including the data source, patient population, how to access, years of data available, relevant variables included, and limitations). They were also asked to add a brief description of exemplar publications they co-authored using the same database. A brief (5-7 minute) video was created using the slides and narrated by the respective authors, who were compensated for their time from the COBRE grant.

Results: To date, 52 databases have been identified and 24 supplemental videos have been created. They are publicly available on our Injury Control COBRE website. https://injurycontrolcobre.org/cores/research-to-practice-and-policy-core/research-to-practice-and-policy-database/ Continued work is being completed to have corresponding videos for nearly all of the databases.

Conclusion(s): Creation of a novel Data Warehouse can be used by our Injury Control COBRE grant awardees (research project leads and pilot program researchers), and are publicly available as a centralized resource for a broad swatch of injury researchers.

Injury Control COBRE Data Warehouse of publicly-related injury data sources


Screenshot of a sampling of videos developed describing various publicly-related injury data sources from the Injury Control COBRE Data Warehouse