diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 0079962c..a9d95c3d 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ gunicorn = "*"
 werkzeug = "*"
 sentry-sdk = {extras = ["flask"],version = "==0.14.4"}
 flask-mail = "*"
+flask-admin = "*"
 
 [requires]
 python_version = "3.7"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index fb38d03c..e147043f 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "6c89585086260ebcb41918b8ef3b1d9e189e1b492208d3ff000a138bc2f2fcee"
+            "sha256": "282ec41cafca86628782987347085a494c52318c94e56d36d4bbd6a44092b110"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -261,6 +261,13 @@
             "index": "pypi",
             "version": "==1.1.2"
         },
+        "flask-admin": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:68c761d8582d59b1f7702013e944a7ad11d7659a72f3006b89b68b0bd8df61b8"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==1.5.6"
+        },
         "flask-bcrypt": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:d71c8585b2ee1c62024392ebdbc447438564e2c8c02b4e57b56a4cafd8d13c5f"
@@ -890,6 +897,13 @@
             "index": "pypi",
             "version": "==1.0.1"
         },
+        "wtforms": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:6ff8635f4caeed9f38641d48cfe019d0d3896f41910ab04494143fc027866e1b",
+                "sha256:861a13b3ae521d6700dac3b2771970bd354a63ba7043ecc3a82b5288596a1972"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2.3.1"
+        },
         "xlrd": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:546eb36cee8db40c3eaa46c351e67ffee6eeb5fa2650b71bc4c758a29a1b29b2",
diff --git a/crc/__init__.py b/crc/__init__.py
index 1ac2678f..a211b0fa 100644
--- a/crc/__init__.py
+++ b/crc/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import sentry_sdk
 
 import connexion
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
+from flask_admin import Admin
+from flask_admin.contrib.sqla import ModelView
 from flask_cors import CORS
 from flask_marshmallow import Marshmallow
 from flask_mail import Mail
@@ -37,13 +39,16 @@ ma = Marshmallow(app)
 
 from crc import models
 from crc import api
+from crc.api import admin
 
 connexion_app.add_api('api.yml', base_path='/v1.0')
 
+
 # Convert list of allowed origins to list of regexes
 origins_re = [r"^https?:\/\/%s(.*)" % o.replace('.', '\.') for o in app.config['CORS_ALLOW_ORIGINS']]
 cors = CORS(connexion_app.app, origins=origins_re)
 
+# Sentry error handling
 if app.config['ENABLE_SENTRY']:
     sentry_sdk.init(
         dsn="https://25342ca4e2d443c6a5c49707d68e9f40@o401361.ingest.sentry.io/5260915",
diff --git a/crc/api/admin.py b/crc/api/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26a1b181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crc/api/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Admin app
+
+from flask import url_for
+from flask_admin import Admin
+from flask_admin.contrib import sqla
+from flask_admin.contrib.sqla import ModelView
+from werkzeug.utils import redirect
+
+from crc import db, app
+from crc.api.user import verify_token, verify_token_admin
+from crc.models.approval import ApprovalModel
+from crc.models.file import FileModel
+from crc.models.study import StudyModel
+from crc.models.user import UserModel
+from crc.models.workflow import WorkflowModel
+
+
+class AdminModelView(sqla.ModelView):
+    can_create = False
+    can_edit = False
+    can_delete = False
+    page_size = 50  # the number of entries to display on the list view
+    column_exclude_list = ['bpmn_workflow_json', ]
+    column_display_pk = True
+    can_export = True
+
+    def is_accessible(self):
+        return verify_token_admin()
+
+    def inaccessible_callback(self, name, **kwargs):
+        # redirect to login page if user doesn't have access
+        return redirect(url_for('home'))
+
+class UserView(AdminModelView):
+    column_filters = ['uid']
+
+class StudyView(AdminModelView):
+    column_filters = ['id', 'primary_investigator_id']
+    column_searchable_list = ['title']
+
+class ApprovalView(AdminModelView):
+    column_filters = ['study_id', 'approver_uid']
+
+class WorkflowView(AdminModelView):
+    column_filters = ['study_id', 'id']
+
+class FileView(AdminModelView):
+    column_filters = ['workflow_id']
+
+admin = Admin(app)
+
+admin.add_view(StudyView(StudyModel, db.session))
+admin.add_view(ApprovalView(ApprovalModel, db.session))
+admin.add_view(UserView(UserModel, db.session))
+admin.add_view(WorkflowView(WorkflowModel, db.session))
+admin.add_view(FileView(FileModel, db.session))