Built for the complexity of global health research

Protocol-native EDC and full study-cycle data management — field-proven across four continents and built for the rigor your study demands.

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Selections from the literature using our platform…

  • Effect of iron and zinc-biofortified pearl millet consumption on growth and immune competence in children aged 12–18 months in India: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

    Mehta S, Finkelstein JL, Venkatramanan S, et al Effect of iron and zinc-biofortified pearl millet consumption on growth and immune competence in children aged 12–18 months in India: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial BMJ Open 2017;7:e017631. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017631

  • An Electronic Data Capture Framework (ConnEDCt) for Global and Public Health Research: Design and Implementation

    Ruth CJ, Huey SL, Krisher JT, et al
    An Electronic Data Capture Framework (ConnEDCt) for Global and Public Health Research: Design and Implementation
    J Med Internet Res 2020;22(8):e18580

  • Periconceptional surveillance for prevention of anaemia and birth defects in Southern India: protocol for a biomarker survey in women of reproductive age

    Finkelstein JL, Fothergill A, Johnson CB, et al Periconceptional surveillance for prevention of anaemia and birth defects in Southern India: protocol for a biomarker survey in women of reproductive age BMJ Open 2020;10:e038305. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038305

  • Factors affecting Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus transmission in rural Ugandan households, a longitudinal study

    Sabourin KR, Marshall VA, Eaton W, Kimono B, Mugisha J, Miley WJ, Labo N, Samayoa-Reyes G, Whitby D, Rochford R, Newton R. Factors affecting Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus transmission in rural Ugandan households, a longitudinal study. Infect Agent Cancer. 2024 Oct 3;19(1):49. doi: 10.1186/s13027-024-00610-6. PMID: 39363326; PMCID: PMC11451123.

  • Rapid quantification of aflatoxin in food at the point of need: A monitoring tool for food systems dashboards

    Balaji Srinivasan, Wei Li, Caleb J. Ruth, Timothy J. Herrman, David Erickson, Saurabh Mehta, Rapid quantification of aflatoxin in food at the point of need: A monitoring tool for food systems dashboards, Current Research in Biotechnology, Volume 6, 2023, 100153, ISSN 2590-2628, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crbiot.2023.100153. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590262823000357)

THE PLATFORM

Six products. One research data fabric

Design your protocol. Capture data. Monitor remote sites. Validate, integrate external systems, audit.

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Design

Protocol-native schema authoring. AI assisted CRF editing. Dynamic event scheduling.

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Validate

Schema-driven form review. Validate data before it is ingested to the final dataset.

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Capture

Offline-first mobile data capture designed for tablets. Syncs when internet is available.

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Integrate

API-driven integration with external systems. Export/import lab data. Ingest hardware-generated data.

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Monitor

Project oversight. Study KPIs. Enrollment trends. Ad hoc stats.

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Audit

21 CFR part 11 audit trail across the entire data lifecycle.

  • Highly knowledgeable, innovative, and engaged.

    —Kathy James, PhD, MS, MSPH
    Associate Professor, Colorado School of Public Health

  • "Watching the field team [working with the Capture app] is like watching ballet... Streamlined workflow is improving quality control."

    —Katie B. Anderson, MD PhD CTropMed
    Associate Professor at Upstate Medical University & Health Commissioner for Onondaga County

  • “Compliance. Security. Clear processes for flow of information… and processes for secure and auditable extraction.”

    —Stephen J Thomas, MD
    Director of Center for Global Health and Translational Sciences at Upstate Medical University

WHY RESEARCH ALLIES

Rigor that holds up in the field.

Offline-first by design.

The field sites we work with don’t have internet connectivity. The Capture app stores every keystroke locally, reconciles on sync, never loses a record.

Runs on affordable tablets

Encryption on device and in transit

Deterministic conflict-resolution with an audit trail

The protocol is the source of truth.

Design once. Every form, validation rule and export derives from your published schema. Amendments happen on the fly – not a six week rebuild.

Schema revisions with approval workflow

Automatic propagation of changes

Dynamic visit calendars

Designed with PIs.

The Capture app enforces protocol adherence. Monitor app provides oversight.

AI-assisted CRF design

Dynamic event scheduling

Automated inclusion/exclusion

On device randomization

Ready to see your protocol come alive?

A 30 minute walkthrough. Bring your study design. We’ll model it live.

Meet the team

Caleb Ruth

Caleb Ruth, MSc, partner. Caleb is Co-Founder and Partner at Research Allies. Over the past decade, he has deployed EDC systems for global health studies across four continents — building for the hardest conditions first: no internet, multilingual staff, evolving protocols. His work has supported more than 5,000 participants and 200,000 completed case report forms supporting published clinical studies worldwide.

Jesse Krisher

Jesse Krisher, BS, partner. Jesse, co-founder of RA, has helped researchers implement data systems in Latin America, India, and Africa for almost a decade. He sees data through its entire lifecycle from planning and data capture through analysis and publication.

Katie Clark

Katie Clark, PhD, MSPH. Katie utilizes her academic training and field experience to help Research Allies develop and implement practical research solutions.

Dawei Yin

Dawei Yin, MS. Dawei is a data scientist who connects data sources and research tools for centralized access using APIs and other tools.

Diego Gutierrez

Diego Gutierrez, BS. Diego is an engineer and architect of cloud and server solutions for secure data storage.

Based in Denver. Operating worldwide.

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