The
Shared Resources Core for this Center consists of two sections: 1) the
Measurement and Analysis Core (MAC) and the Clinical Correlates Core (CCC).
Each section is described below, including how each interacts with the other
components of the Center to support the goal of the Center, reducing
cervical cancer in Appalachia. This Core builds upon and continues the work
of the Cores in the prior Ohio State University (OSU) Center for Population
Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD).
MEASUREMENT
AND ANALYSIS CORE (MAC)
The MAC plays a pivotal role to ensure
that all individual projects achieve their research goals and objectives. The
MAC provides project investigators with a centralized resource for recruitment,
survey design, data collection, data management, and statistical expertise and
support. Specific study aims include:
- Providing
recruitment and accrual assistance and consultation to all projects
- Providing
guidance and assistance in developing, testing and implementing data collection
tools, including hiring, training and supervision of interviewers;
design and conduct of surveys and focus groups; and monitoring of the data
collection process, as well as quality control
- Developing,
testing, and maintaining data management systems to allow
investigators to effectively and efficiently manage, store and analyze their
data
- Overseeing
and conducting statistical analysis of data generated by the projects
including both descriptive summary statistics and inferential methods,
including modification and/or development of new statistical methodologies,
when/if the need arises, to directly support the research projects relevant to
the Center
The MAC works with the Administrative
Core (AC) to provide necessary information for all Data and Safety Monitoring
Board (DSMB) meetings, such as accrual rates, analysis plans and results. And
the MAC works with the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) Behavioral Measurement
Shared Resource (BMSR)
to assist all projects with participant recruitment and development of data
collection tools.
Michael Slater, PhD – Director
Bo Lu, PhD – Co-Director
Susan Geyer, PhD
Michael Pennell, PhD
Jill Oliveri, DrPH – Core Manager
TBN – Data Manager
OSUCCC Behavioral Measurement Shared Resource