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Without Research Logix | 
With Research Logix |
| Investigator Management | - Silos of information that are managed by individual users
- No data connectivity to identify links between shared research
- Inability to report universally
| - Researcher data connections
- Online profile management by administration, support staff, and individual researchers
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| Trainee Follow-up | - Users will search profile websites (Linked In, Institutional Profiles, Facebook) to find out what trainees are up to. Then enter that information into spreadsheets
- Email solicitations that may or may not receive feedback
| - Trainees are provided a personal portal where they can record their information (Career updates, achievements, publications, volunteering, etc.)
- Integrated solicitation tool to invite them to enter information that gets fed directly to the system for view by administrators
- Ability to query and report data
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| Biosketch Management | - Word-based template
- Static and requires updates to the template regularly
- Inconsistency in formatting of document and document type (PDF, Word)
- Stored on shared drives and inaccessible to people who request updated versions
| - Integrated document generator
- Allows users to manage items to be applied to a document
- Data-mining capabilities
- Auto template formatting and reproduction
- Shareable and accessible to administrators and others who request them
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| Publication Management | - Manual curation and entry into static documents (Word, Excel)
- Ineffective reporting
| - Draws information directly from government sources (PubMed)
- Auto-importing of new publications on daily basis
- Updates are applied when there are changes to the publication (PMCID, E-Print to Print, etc)
- Linked to authors and allow for collaboration identification
- Ability to assign additional data-points such as Shared Resources utilization, Account-specific questions that can be managed by account holders
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| Reporting | - Manual from multiple sources
| - Centralized reporting capabilities
- Investigator data is connected to all collected information and assigned to the profile.
- Reporting can be performed by investigator, linked administrative accounts, etc.
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| Training Program Coordination | - Disconnected application process for new training opportunities
- Manual Review process and outcomes reporting
- Email driven
| - Integrated Training Application Process
- Integrated Review Process to accept/reject application submissions
- Outcomes of review
- Outcomes and tracking of students after they leave the program
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| Project Funding Coordination | - Manual Review and Outcomes reporting
- Email driven
| - Same as Training Program, but focused on Research Project Funding Opportunities
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| Data Pushes | | - Research Logix data is able to be exported in various formats
- Integrated API to feed Investigator data to sources via JSON format for integration into public websites (WordPress)
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