Informatics is a Research Area of Excellence of the Children's Health Services Research Center (CHSR). The Pediatric Health Informatics Research Program (PHIRE) is a service within CHSR to assist clinician-investigators to accomplish the next generation of clinical research. It is the home to the Child Health Informatics Research and Development Laboratory (CHIRDL).
Vision
Many domains of patient-centered research will require sophisticated and multi-disciplinary expertise in interactions with clinical informatics tools to remain competitive and productive in the coming years.
Mission
- Provide broad technical support with CHIRDL, grant writing resources and project management for pediatric investigators seeking to submit proposals and perform clinical research in informatics.
- Provide mentorship to early- and mid-career faculty seeking to develop expertise in clinical informatics research.
- Maintain relationships with partners across Indiana University School of Medicine involved in clinical research, including the Regenstrief Institute, the Indiana CTSI and our clinical partners at IU Health and Eskenazi Health.
For more information on the span of work CHIRDL can provide, please visit CHIRDL's site.
REDCap Services
Transform your research and data management with REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) services. REDCap is a secure, web-based application designed to support data collection and management for research studies and operations. Whether you're conducting clinical trials, academic research, or operational data collection, REDCap offers a robust, scalable solution tailored to your needs.
PHIRE offers multiple REDCap services to assist you with your research needs:
- Project design
- Custom instrument layout and design
- Project development
- Project Testing
- Documentation
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Data migration from other systems
- Data migration to other systems
- Data manipulation
- Visualizing data within Power BI or Tableau
- SMS capabilities using Mosio or Twilio
Additional Services
PHIRE is an end-to-end service from project conception to implementation.
Additional services PHIRE provides to support CHIRDL’s technical work include:
- Clinical research design consultation
- Grant writing support
- Mentorship to early- and mid-career faculty throughout your project
- Project management
- Regulatory and compliance support
- Assistance with Data Use Agreements requests
Contact Us
Interested in learning more about how our services can help you in your research?
Have secured funding or are seeking information for a funding proposal?
For general questions, please contact Stacy Keller.
Request a Discovery Meeting
You can set up a no cost consultation, or a “discovery meeting,” with our team to discuss your project ideas. Please complete the intake survey to tell us a more about your project and a member of our team will reach out to arrange a discovery.
Program Leadership
William E. Bennett, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Director of Informatics
Director of PHIRE Program
Steve McKee
Technical Director
Stacy Keller, MSN, CPNP, CCRC, PMP
PHIRE Program Manager
Nurse Leader