This document discusses ResearchSuite, an open source framework for medical research apps. It combines ResearchKit, developed by Apple, and ResearchStack, maintained by Cornell Tech, to allow passive data collection from sensors and active tasks on iOS and Android devices. Some examples of active tasks mentioned are fitness assessments, gait and balance tests, cognition tests, and surveys. Several successful studies using this approach, like mPower and EpiWatch, are highlighted. The document argues that combining passive and active data collection through mobile apps has potential for powerful medical research studies.

1. Using ResearchSuite for Medical Research
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2. ResearchKit
open source framework introduced by
Apple that allows researchers and
developers to create powerful apps for
medical research

4. ResearchStack
maintained by Cornell Tech Small Data
Lab and Open mHealth
open source framework for building
research studies on Android devices

5. First things first...
ResearchStackResearchKit
ResearchSuite

6. Passive Data Collection + ‘Active Tasks’
Research Study =
ie. steps, heart rate, active minutes

7. Built-In Sensors
accelerometer &
gyroscope
GPS multi-touch display
camera
microphone

8. Other Passive Data Streams (Via Wearables)
heart rate steps activity sleep

9. More Active Tasks
microphone fitness cognition motor activities

11. Active Task: Fitness Assessment

12. Active Task: Fitness Assessment (cont.)

13. Active Task: Gait & Balance

14. Active Task: Gait & Balance (cont.)

15. Breadth of Active Tasks
motor activities
gait & balance tapping speed
fitness
fitness timed walk
cognition
spatial memory reaction time
voice
sustained phonation
audio
toned audiometry
dexterity

16. Collecting Other Data Points: Surveys

17. Informed Consent

18. Some Successful ResearchKit Studies in Progress

19. mPower

20. mPower

21. Austism & Beyond

22. Autism & Beyond

23. EpiWatch

24. EpiWatch

25. MoleMapper

26. MoleMapper

27. Recap
ResearchStack
Framework
Passive Data Collection + Surveys + Informed Consent + ‘Active Tasks’
=
ResearchKit
Framework

28. Questions?
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