The HDI Program offers resources to faculty to assist with research collaborations and extramural grant applications. We offer one-on-one or group consultation relating to HDI research projects; health-related data management; and services necessary for collection, secure storage, and analysis of health data. We strive to foster opportunities for researchers to establish connections, initiate collaborations, and find the right resources to facilitate projects.
Notably in 2025, in collaboration with the Office of Information Security (OIS) and University Information Technology (UIT), we have set up a new resource using Sherlock Cloud. This cloud computing environment is especially useful for research projects that require sensitive data for collection, processing, and/or analysis. Sherlock Cloud computing environment facilitates the secure collection of data, such as through REDCap in the Secure Cloud (OSU-REDCap Terms of Use 09-01-2025v1.3.pdf), or uploading/depositing/analyzing sensitive data. Sherlock Cloud provides a managed multi-Cloud solution that complies with Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and NIST Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) requirements. Sherlock Cloud recently achieved a successful SOC2 Type2 certification and follows the NIST 800-53 (Mod) framework that spans over 200 technical, security and administrative controls. These security features and in line with those required for the most common research data use agreements.
Please contact us for research grant planning and for estimating costs for use of this service.
Feel free to make an appointment for a consultation with us.
********************