Project Description:
Mental health and Neuroscience research programs associated with the
University of Sydney headspace services, and the Healthy Brain Ageing programs
are undertaken at the Brain and Mind Research Institute. The data obtained from
the brain scans and the neuropsychological and electrophysiological tests generates
the research project’s raw data. This raw data is enriched by
contextual information critical for use and reuse. Integration of the data result will direct
value to clinicians caring for patients, provide convenience for research to
perform analysis and link records for research reference.
To integrate various (a) imaging, (b)
neurological & electrophysiological testing data and (c) clinical data for
the purpose of providing a refined answer to complex research questions that is
not currently possible using the separately existing (and expanding) data sets
across the clinical research programs at BMRI making use of brain scans.
The project will provide the integration tool for the multiple data
sets and data points within data sets and develop an analytical tool for
interrogating the data in response to specific research questions for example
researchers at the BMRI (Brain Mid Research Institute) I are trying to
establish if there is a characteristic pattern that emerges from our structural
imaging data and a specific electrophysiological component that predicts with
some degree of accuracy a clinical phenotype, such as depression in young
people.
The system developed through this project will provide an integrated
research data set to be expanded and used for future research projects. An
additional objective is to integrate contributions to the data set from other
clinical researchers and to make the larger data set available through research
collaborations.
The outcomes of the project will provide data and an analysis
platform for the development of information based diagnostic and treatment
response algorithms for young people with major mental health problems like
depression and psychotic disorders, as well as ageing subjects.
AP24 is aiming to provide a software solution covering the following
functionality:
1.
Integrate large and sometimes
disparate data sets held in SPSS and provide a platform to enable data
transformation and analysis by authorised parties.
2.
Provide an analytical tool for
interrogating the data in response to research questions (of the type discussed
above).
In cases where a research subject is under clinical care, and
research findings may provide additional diagnostic support, provide mechanisms
for communicating findings to the clinician.
Current status
·
Project initiated and contracts
signed - Complete
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Business requirements and
processes identified and approved - Complete
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Technical requirements
identified - Complete
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Identification of possible
solutions - Complete
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Evaluation and Selection of
Solutions – In progress
Next Steps
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Select Solution
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Design and Install
infrastructure for solution implementation
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Setup and install software on
test environment
·
User Acceptance Testing and
approval
·
Production implementation,
testing, and Go-live
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