The mission of the Emotion and Development Branch (EDB) in the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is to study the pathophysiology, development, and treatment of pediatric mood and anxiety disorders. We need to implement methodology that allows us to acquire data on children’s functioning, their behaviors, and their experiences in their daily lives. Novel techniques are available for acquiring such data, and the current statement of work delineates our plans for accessing these techniques.
The purpose of the project is to create a mobile app which will enable us to gather data via smart phone technology. The data will entail both assessment of symptoms and activity, as well as feedback to the participant to potentially augment our ongoing treatment trials. We are seeking a contractor that has considerable experience with this novel, state-of-the-art technique so that we can apply this application to our studies.
The contractor will generate an app interface that includes questions and make the available access to a secure data base where data acquired will be entered and stored. This data base will meet the security requirements of the NIMH Intramural Research Program. Moreover, the contractor will provide software that will facilitate interfacing between research participants and this data base, through mobile technology that will be purchased by EDB. There are several necessary components for this project. First, the contractor will work with EDB to analyze and design the mobile app. The contractor will assist us in fleshing out all our specific needs in order to facilitate advising them on what they need to build. Then, the contractor will design the user interface. Second, the contractor will build and test the app.
Responses are due by August 1, 2018.
