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ItemUser-oriented security supporting inter-disciplinary life science research across the gridSinnott, R ; Ajayi, O ; Jiang, J ; Stell, A ; Watt, J (SPRINGER, 2007)
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ItemSupporting grid-based clinical trials in ScotlandSinnott, R. O. ; Stell, A. J. ; Ajayi, O. (Sage, 2008)A computational infrastructure to underpin complex clinical trials and medical population studies is highly desirable. This should allow access to a range of distributed clinical data sets; support the effi cient processing and analysis of the data obtained; have security at its heart; and ensure that authorized individuals are able to see privileged data and no more. Each clinical trial has its own requirements on data sets and how they are used; hence a reusable and fl exible framework offers many advantages. The MRC funded Virtual Organisations for Trials and Epidemiological Studies (VOTES) is a collaborative project involving several UK universities specifi cally to explore this space. This article presents the experiences of developing the Scottish component of this nationwide infrastructure, by the National e-Science Centre (NeSC) based at the University of Glasgow, and the issues inherent in accessing and using the clinical data sets in a fl exible, dynamic and secure manner.