A community hub for understanding urinary stone disease
USDHub: community resource for Urinary Stone Disease research
This project is building a central place for health information about urinary stone disease to help doctors and scientists learn more about this condition in children and adults.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Vanderbilt University Medical Center NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Nashville, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11172436 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
Urinary stone disease is a common problem that causes painful events and can lead to other health issues like kidney disease and heart problems. Currently, there isn't enough good information available to fully understand, treat, and prevent these stones effectively. This project will create a special online hub, called USDHub, that gathers health record data from 10 different health systems across the United States. This hub will help researchers study urinary stone disease more thoroughly, bringing together information from both children and adults.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Patients who have experienced urinary stone disease, including both children and adults, are the focus of the research that this data hub will enable.
Not a fit: Patients who do not have urinary stone disease would not directly benefit from the research facilitated by this specific data hub.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this hub could lead to better ways to understand, treat, and prevent urinary stone disease for many patients.
How similar studies have performed: Creating centralized data resources has proven successful in advancing understanding for other complex diseases, making this a promising approach for urinary stone disease.
Where this research is happening
Nashville, United States
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Hsi, Ryan — Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Study coordinator: Hsi, Ryan
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.