Getting Started

Step 1: Request a School Account

Note: AIR·MS requires a school account (mssm.edu domain) to gain access. Hospital users (mountsinai.org) will need to request a “School Network Account” via SailPoint.

Step 2: Obtain Mount Sinai IRB approval for your Research 

You will need to draft an individual IRB protocol for your project. You can find out more about the compliance requirements by visiting this page: Compliance Overview: HIPAA and Institutional Review Board Requirements | Scientific Computing and Data.

Access to PHI via AIR·MS requires an IRB-approved protocol detailing the scope of AIR·MS utilization. You can reference AIR·MS in your protocol as follows- for instance, “we will use the AIR·MS platform (IRB # 20-01288) to access and store our data.”
Remember to attach a copy of your approved protocol with your access request. Failure to do so may result in your submission being denied.
For inquiries, please submit a ticket (internal users only): AIR·MS Ticket Portal – Jira Service Management.

Note: Access to de-identified or synthetic data does not require an IRB.

Step 5: Request access to AIR·MS using Mount Sinai SailPoint and the associated How-To guide

Step 6: Connect to AIR·MS over Minerva using the provided How-To guide ​​​​​​​and AIR·MS Getting Started Notebooks