The Department of Data Management plays a crucial role in overseeing the entire data lifecycle at MDRF. It ensures that all data collected is stored, processed, and utilised in an efficient, secure, and ethical manner, thereby supporting informed decision-making, fostering innovation, and advancing the organisation’s strategic objectives.
As the backbone of MDRF’s data-driven ecosystem, the department ensures the integrity, accuracy, and accessibility of information across clinical, research, and administrative domains. Through robust data governance practices, stringent quality control measures, and adherence to regulatory and ethical standards, it safeguards the reliability of every dataset used in research and operations.
The department also collaborates closely with various scientific and technical teams to streamline data workflows, enable seamless integration of multi-source data, and facilitate advanced analytics. By ensuring that raw information is transformed into meaningful, actionable insights, the Department of Data Management quietly yet powerfully strengthens research excellence and empowers smarter decision-making across the institution.
The Department of Data Management at MDRF plays a vital role in ensuring that all data collected is efficiently stored, processed, and utilized to support informed decision-making and research excellence. Guided by Ms. Jebarani, the department focuses on maintaining data accuracy, security, and accessibility while promoting ethical data practices. By transforming raw information into valuable insights, it empowers innovation and strengthens the organization’s research capabilities. Through its commitment to integrity and efficiency, the department serves as the foundation of MDRF’s data-driven success.
Data is systematically extracted from multiple sources, including unstructured and structured raw data repositories. Once extracted, the data undergoes pre-processing, during which different datasets are linked by identifying and mapping records related to the same individual or entity. The data is then transformed, cleaned, and subjected to rigorous quality checks to enhance its accuracy, consistency, and reliability. This refined and structured information forms the metadata necessary for analysis. The metadata is subsequently loaded into the MDRF Safe Haven, also known as the MDRF Data Centre (MDC)—a secure, remotely accessible terminal services environment (via RDP). This setup enables authorized users to remotely access research data and conduct in-depth analyses within a controlled and secure infrastructure.
The department operates a dedicated data centre facility known as the MDRF Data Centre (MDC), which provides shared access to data through a sophisticated network, computing, and storage infrastructure. The MDC houses a wide range of valuable datasets, including:
Our department is responsible for designing, developing, testing, and maintaining software applications and systems to support research activities. We digitize manually collected research questionnaires to enhance accuracy, improve accessibility, and enable effective audit tracking. This process goes beyond programming, it involves understanding user needs, collaborating with stakeholders to define software requirements, creating prototypes, and designing solutions tailored to those needs. We also emphasize quality assurance to ensure reliability. The end product is an application designed to help users efficiently input, manage, and organize data.
The department ensures that stakeholder needs are met precisely, nothing more, nothing less. The software is developed to be free of bugs, with no errors in logic, functionality, or usability. It features a user-friendly, responsive, and accessible interface. Data security is a priority, safeguarded through user ID and password protection. The software is designed to deliver high performance, reliability, compatibility, and efficiency.
Data is systematically extracted from multiple sources, including unstructured and structured raw data repositories. Once extracted, the data undergoes pre-processing, during which different datasets are linked by identifying and mapping records related to the same individual or entity. The data is then transformed, cleaned, and subjected to rigorous quality checks to enhance its accuracy, consistency, and reliability. This refined and structured information forms the metadata necessary for analysis. The metadata is subsequently loaded into the MDRF Safe Haven, also known as the MDRF Data Centre (MDC)—a secure, remotely accessible terminal services environment (via RDP). This setup enables authorized users to remotely access research data and conduct in-depth analyses within a controlled and secure infrastructure.
Our data cleansing team identifies and corrects errors, duplicates, and inconsistencies. Additionally, the data undergoes rigorous quality control to enhance its reliability, accuracy, and credibility.
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