CSearch

Inspiration

There are lots of unfilled research spots in clinical trials, as information is not getting to possible candidates. We are near one of the world’s most renowned medical research universities in the world, however many clinical trial spots are unfilled. Most clinical trials are advertised on the radio or on fliers within the campus, but many people do not receive these messages. This web app aims to solve this problem by making it more accessible.

What it does

This website is able to collect information of clinical trial openings via an input from a researcher and publish it to a shared network between researchers and possible participants. Researchers will be able to state requirements needed to participate in the trial, and list compensation and time it takes. This website will also show the location of the lab and the time it takes to get there by integrating Google Maps. Participants can pick the best available time frame for them to come to the lab to be experimented on.

How we built the website

We were able to build the web website on a basic HTML backbone. We first tried to develop the app on android studio, but our team encountered too many problems. After that, we decided to develop the app on the web as it would be a more reasonable approach. HTML allows us to build the site on a local network and collaborate with others quickly, and format the page easily.

Challenges and problems we encountered

The first problem we encountered was that our team was conflicted on which project to develop, and we lost two hours of development deciding. Our team had trouble designing the product in Android Studio, thus we ultimately decided to not use Android Studio and decided to code a website. Our team’s main programming experience is in Python, thus learning HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for the website was another challenge.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Coming into the competition, none of our team members had experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript(Other than the occasional “inspect element”), but we were able to learn it quickly and use it to make our product. We were also proud of how fast we were able to develop the site, while on a restricted time constraint.

What we learned

We learned HTML, web design, and photoshop ui/logo design while developing the project.

What's next for CSearch

We plan to further develop the web app by adding a server (.net or Sequel) to process actual data. We also plan to have it indexed by Google and we would like to start advertising locally as soon as possible.