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All of Us Research Program: The Researcher Workbench

A guide to help you better understand the All of Us Research Program and how to use the Researcher Workbench to further your research.

What is The Researcher Workbench?

The Researcher Workbench is a cloud-based platform where registered researchers can access Registered and Controlled Tier data. Its powerful tools support data analysis and collaboration. Integrated help and educational resources are provided through the Workbench User Support Hub.

Researcher Workbench

Inside The Researcher Workbench

Workspaces

Registered researchers use workspaces to access, store, and analyze data for specific research projects. Workspaces are collaborative and can be shared among other registered researchers within a project team.

Uses: Organizing research projects, collaboration

Quick video on how to use a workspace

Cohort Builder

The Cohort Builder is a custom, point-and-click tool that allows researchers to create, review, and annotate groups of participant data, or cohorts, within the All of Us dataset.

Uses: Cohort creation

Quick video on how to build a cohort

Dataset Builder

The Dataset Builder allows researchers to search and save collections of health information about cohorts, called concept sets. Researchers can search and save concepts from a particular domain and use them in the Dataset Builder.

Uses: Pre-populated analysis, dataset previews

Quick video on how to use the dataset builder

Analysis Tools

Researchers with R or Python experience can perform high-powered queries and analyses within the All of Us datasets using our integrated cloud-based analysis tools, including Jupyter Notebook and RStudio.

Uses: Analysis, queries

Quick video on how to use the analysis tools

User Support Hub

The User Support Hub contains a variety of resources that demonstrate how to use our tools and navigate the data within the Researcher Workbench. Training materials, FAQs, video tutorials, guides, and a designated help desk are available to assist researchers in their Workbench activities.

Uses: Learning, support, guides

Quick video on how to use the user support hub

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