NICDH DASH

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Data and Specimen Hub (DASH) is a centralized resource that allows researchers to share and access de-identified data from studies funded by NICHD. DASH also serves as a portal for requesting biospecimens from selected DASH studies.

Repository Website

Repository Scope

Data Collection Policy

Research Areas

Humanities and Social Sciences; Social Sciences; Social and Behavioural Sciences; Life Sciences; Microbiology; Reproductive Medicine/Biology; Biology; Medicine;

Data Types

Experimental; Observational; Code; Survey; Text; Tabular; Synthetic/Simulation; Geospatial; Audio; Video; Genomic/Molecular; Biomedical; 3D Models; Machine learning;

Data Types Encouraged/Permitted

DASH accepts any data format relevant to research results from any NICDH-funded study. These may include but are not limited to: clinical data, clinical trial data, survey data, clinical and research laboratory data, demographics data, data derived from medical records, and epidemiology data.

Data Types Explicitly Prohibited

DASH currently does not accept imaging data.

Fee for JHU Researchers to Deposit

None

Data Limit

DASH does not have any limitations on file numbers or file volume for a given study.

Data Access

Data Access Policy

Option for Data Access

Controlled Access;

Details on Data Access

Requestors must describe their proposed use, sign the standard NICDH DASH Data Use Agreement, submit IRB approval from their institution. Access is mediated by the NICDH DASH Data and Biospecimen Access Committee. See https://dash.nichd.nih.gov/resource/request for more details.