Thank you for your interest in ARCHIMEDES. If you would like to contribute data to the ARCHIMEDES platform, contact our Community and Partnership Liaison at ARCHIMEDES@ottawaheart.ca to initiate your institution’s Data Contribution Agreement.
About ARCHIMEDES
The Advanced Research Collaboration for Health Integration, Medical Exploration, and Data Synthesis (ARCHIMEDES) aims to deliver a digital health platform that can be used to collect, manage, share, or perform analytics (biostatistical analyses, predictive modelling, data visualization and artificial intelligence).
ARCHIMEDES is a partnership initiative between the University of Ottawa Hearth Institute, McGill University, the University of Ottawa, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and the Institute of Mental Health Research. This platform is funded by the Canada First Research Excellence Fund for the Brain-Heart Interconnectome.
Our Vision
Our vision is to transform the Canadian health data landscape by building a bilingual national platform for the curation, federation and reuse of multi-modal health data. ARCHIMEDES empowers users with secure, flexible access to high fidelity health data to foster collaboration, discovery and innovation for the health of Canadians.
Our Core Values
Collaboration | We will promote interdisciplinary collaboration and partnerships within Canada and internationally.
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Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security | We will embed privacy, confidentiality, and security considerations in all aspects of governance and development processes.
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Integrity | We will uphold ethical and research integrity standards in data acquisition, management, sharing, and analytics.
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Open Science and Equity | We will promote transparency and openness of research and all its outputs to favour equitable access and reuse.
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Training | We will provide and promote education and training resources that encourage robust and ethical research data management and transparent data sharing.
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Leadership Team
Dr. Jodi Edwards, PhD
Co-Chair
Dr. Kelly Cobey, PhD
Co-Chair
Dr. Alan Evans, PhD
Co-PI
Dr. Peter Liu, MD, FRCPC
Co-PI
Our Partners and Funders
ARCHIMEDES collaborates with leading institutions to advance health research. Our partners provide expertise, data, and tools to drive innovation and accelerate scientific discovery.
This platform is funded by Canada First Research Excellence Fund for the Brain-Heart Interconnectome (CFREF-2022-00007).
