The Bloom Process Mapping Tool won this year’s WCG Innovation Challenge at the WCG MAGI East 2023 Clinical Research Conference. Bloom is an online platform designed to construct a customized process map for studies based on answers to questions about study characteristics.

Engaging partners in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data can significantly enhance the appropriateness and acceptance of findings and recommendations. A data party is one way of conducting participatory data interpretation. Use our planning guide to successfully plan and implement your next data party!

Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH, was the lead PI on the clinical trial which followed nearly 300 children with Crohn's to evaluate how their conditions changed in response to anti-TNF biologic treatments alone or in combination with a second immune suppressive medication.

Loretta Fearrington is a Research Informatics Specialist with the NC TraCS Informatics and Data Science (IDSci) service, which supports investigator studies with innovative technology and advanced analytics. We recently spoke with her about what drew her to informatics, the challenge of creating common data models, handling large amounts of PHI data, and helping researchers succeed.