Welcome to the ECHO Lab Core (ELVIS) Portal

The NIH has established the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program, a collaborative multi-dimensional research initiative to characterize the impact of early-life environmental factors on childhood health. For ECHO Cycle 2, the ECHO Laboratory Core at Vanderbilt for Integrated Sample biobanking and processing (ELVIS) will facilitate the collection and processing of biospecimens, manage the biorepository, perform a wide range of biospecimen assays, and coordinate metadata and assay data transfer to the Data Analysis Center (DAC).

Specific responsibilities of the ELVIS Lab Core include:

• Biobanking, LIMS: Establish harmonized protocols and workflow for ECHO cohort biospecimen collection and tracking infrastructure, including coordination, processing, and management of the ECHO cohort biorepository from the point of sample collection to long-term secure storage.
• Assay Cores: Perform high-quality, well-powered multi-OMICs and targeted assays to identify molecular correlates of disease trajectories in early life in collaboration with ECHO clinical sites, the Coordinating Center (CC) and DAC.
• Data Management, Bioinformatics, Delivery: Provide comprehensive data management, study protocols, metadata, laboratory protocols, and assay results to facilitate integrated data analysis by the DAC.

Cohort study sites can login to this portal and access several resources and functions including forecasting kit orders quarterly, ordering kits and supplies and tracking their status, and reviewing past orders.

Please click the "ELVIS Login" button on the side and enter your VUMC REDCap credentials. If you do not have access credentials to the system yet, or receive an error message, please submit a ticket to echo-dac@rti.org.