AppTracker

Apptracker is PopData’s project management system, a resource for keeping track of research projects coordinated by PopData. If you have a project with us, AppTracker is where you will be able to find up-to-date project information such as:

  • Current project status
  • Submission and approval statuses of applications, amendments and other requests
  • Data releases (including the data files and time periods)
  • Data retention expiry dates by Data Steward
  • Ethics expiry dates
  • SRE expiry date
  • Study population(s) description
  • Research objectives
  • Complete list of project team members, including roles and data access status
  • List of all the Data Stewards involved in the project
  • Financial information such as invoice records

For more information about AppTracker, please contact the Data Access Unit at dataaccess@popdata.bc.ca.

How to access AppTracker

Access to AppTracker is through the Projects tab on the my.popdata website. Please note you will need a PopData account to log in.

AppTracker access is automatically provided for the project’s applicant, coordinator, and team members with SRE access. Access can be provided for any of the team members on the project.

Please have the project coordinator contact the Data Access Unit if you wish to receive access for the projects you are currently involved with.

 

BC MoH Announcement

BC Ministry of Health logoPopData is sharing this announcement on behalf of the BC Ministry of Health


The BC Ministry of Health is announcing that data access for health research is transitioning to a new environment and safe setting leveraging Health Data Platform BC (HDPBC).

What is changing?

In April 2024, Health Data Platform BC (HDPBC) started accepting qualified new data access requests for academic projects requiring health data. The Platform’s Trusted Analysis Environment (TAE-BC) enables research in a secure cloud-based environment, with data availability spanning multiple health organizations as well as enabling a streamlined approval process path.

Starting in 2026, TAE-BC will be the target secure research environment for new and active/ongoing research projects requiring and using health data. As part of this plan, there is work underway to migrate all active and ongoing projects from PopData's Secure Research Environment (SRE) to the HDPBC's Trusted Analysis Environment (TAE-BC). 

Between now and 2026, qualified new projects will continue to be approved via Health Data Platform BC with any non-qualifying projects approved to be in PopData SRE and be transitioned to TAE-BC as part of the migration.

Tools and resources


We provide a range of tools and resources to help Researchers during the data access process. 

We also offer professional courses and online workshops for analytic skills development.

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Need pan-Canadian data?


HDRN Canada's Data Access Support Hub (DASH) is a one-stop service portal, streamlining data access and harmonizing processes for researchers requiring multi-jurisdictional data in Canada. 

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