What We Do

The Data Brokerage Team provides expertise and services to assist in the extraction and delivery of data to the WUSM research community.

How We Do It

  • Query Electronic Health Record (EHR) Data to locate, clean, and provide data for both prospective and retrospective studies.
  • Assist with patient cohort identification.
  • Fulfill research requests for import/export of large amounts of data, data registries, or data from third-party vendors.
  • Automate data collection for delivery to a variety of storage locations (Box, REDCap, Azure Data Storage, etc...)
  • Provide oversight and guidance for other Tier 5 Data Brokers (BYOBs) throughout the institution.
  • Consult with researchers to set up study infrastructure for immediate and long-term success.
  • Re-identify datasets generated by MDClone.

External Engagements

All requests for services should be initiated through the Services Intake Form.

Team Members and Roles

Name Role Epic Tier 5 REDCap Support SQL Python R SAS
Brianna Magnusen Manager, Medical Informaticist
Evin Fritschle IT Project Manager
Rob Brown Medical Informaticist
Dustin Stwalley Programmer Analyst
Brittany Minor Medical Informaticist
Trudy Landreth Medical Informaticist
Joanna Buss Business & Technology Application Tech
Steve Austin Medical Informaticist
Matt Keller Database Administrator

Technologies and Tools

Data Sources Data Destinations Brokerage Tools Productivity
Epic - Clarity REDCap Databricks DevOps
Epic - Caboodle Box Databasin Tracking Time
Epic - Reporting Workbench Azure Storage Teams
OMOP/RDC RIS Zoom
MDClone

Important Meetings

Name Organizer Frequency Day Time Link Notes
Data Brokerage Scrum Evin Fritschle Daily M, W, F 9:30-10:00 am Zoom -
WUCAT Meeting Snehil Gupta Weekly Th 10:00-11:00 am Zoom Box Folder
Spint Retrospective Evin Fritschle Fortnightly Tues (Same week as Sprint Planning) 3:00 pm (subject to change) Zoom DevOps - Retrospective
Sprint Planning Evin Fritschle Fortnightly Wednesday (Same week as Retrospective) 9:00 am Zoom DevOps - Sprints
BYOB Sprint Planning Evin Fritschle Fortnightly Thurs (alternates with Sprint Planning) 9:30-10:00 am Teams -
Team Building Trudy Landreth Fortnightly Tues (Alternates with Retrospective) 3:00-4:00 pm Zoom -
I2 Research/Data Services Team Meeting Sherry Lassa-Claxton Monthly 2nd Thursday of the Month Flexible Teams -
RDC Meeting Shinji Naka Monthly 3rd Thursday of month 11:30-12:00 pm Zoom Box Folder
I2DB Town Hall Zoya Bahidi Quarterly 3rd Tuesday of every 3rd month 9:00-10:30 am Zoom (Link TBD) -

Updated on August 7, 2025