tranSMART

tranSMART enables integration, harmonization, and analysis of heterogeneous datasets from basic scientific research and clinical practice to support translational science through hypothesis generation, validation, and cohort discovery.


Key Features:

  • Flexible and extensible data model: Allows incorporation and processing of heterogeneous datasets from multiple sources.
  • Data integration and harmonization: Implements robust processes to ensure consistency and compatibility across different data formats.
  • Rapid data analysis: Provides capabilities for efficient hypothesis generation, validation, and discovery of relevant cohorts.
  • Unified data merging: Supports merging of various data types from disparate sources within a single environment.
  • Integration with analytical pipelines: Enables connection of harmonized datasets to downstream analytical pipelines for further analysis.

Scientific Applications:

  • Translational research: Integrates basic scientific research and clinical practice data to bridge domains and inform translational studies.
  • Hypothesis generation and validation: Facilitates rapid analysis to generate and validate scientific hypotheses.
  • Cohort discovery: Identifies and extracts patient or sample cohorts from integrated datasets for study.
  • Multi-source data harmonization: Harmonizes data across formats and sources to enable combined analyses.

Methodology:

Performs data integration, harmonization, and processing of heterogeneous datasets, merges multiple data types from disparate sources, and integrates harmonized data with analytical pipelines.

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Details

Tool Type:
workflow
Operating Systems:
Linux, Windows, Mac
Added:
12/11/2016
Last Updated:
1/15/2019

Operations

Data Inputs & Outputs

Publications

Scheufele E, et al. tranSMART: An Open Source Knowledge Management and High Content Data Analytics Platform. AMIA Jt Summits Transl Sci Proc. 2014; 2014:96-101.

PMID: 25717408
PMCID: PMC4333702

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