The CardioVascular Research Grid ( CVRG ) Project

The CardioVascular Research Grid (CVRG) Project’s goal is to facilitate research on heart disease through open-source informatics and data analysis tools, making it easier for researchers to manage, share, and analyze complex data collected in cardiovascular studies. Inefficient mechanisms for sharing and analyzing data hamper large studies and make it hard to combine data across them. Through work with “Driving Biomedical Projects”, the CVRG team learns about the research community’s informatics needs, and develops tools to meet those needs. The CVRG has deployed: 1) genetic, genomic, proteomic, electrocardiographic, imaging, and clinical data storage systems; 2) easy to use interfaces to query, retrieve, and analyze the data; and 3) novel tools for statistical analysis of study data and for analysis of heart shape and motion. As an NHLBI-funded resource, the CVRG provides informatics tools that help researchers focus on their science rather than on the details of data representation and management.

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