Data Management and Statistical Core

PROJECT SUMMARY – Data Management and Statistics Core (DMSC) The overall objective of the Data Management and Statistics Core (DMSC) is to provide a unified and integrative framework for data management, statistical support, and mentoring to enhance the UC Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (UCD ADRC) goals. To support the goals of the UCD ADRC, the DMSC will focus on four specific aims: 1) continue modernizing our data management system using a secure and dynamic web-based interface and integrate processes with other ADRC cores emphasizing data collection, data management, creation of study reports, and a data-sharing portal; 2) provide project development and analysis support to ADRC investigators and other AD researchers through standard and innovative statistical methods; 3) develop and implement multiple biomarkers approaches for pathogenesis using data across ADRC cores; and 4) in collaboration with the Research Education Component, mentor the next generation of researchers on biostatistical methods and study design. The DMSC brings together a qualified team with expertise in data management, analysis of longitudinal and neuroimaging data, and the conduct of and integration with epidemiology studies and mentoring of junior research faculties across the UC Davis and AD research communities. The DMSC serves a central integrative function for the ADRC, including a web-based data management system that allows de-identified access to current data, and administrative, tracking, and summary reports. Expertise provided by the DMSC leaders enables the use of sophisticated statistical approaches with high impact scientific discoveries. The DMSC will provide innovative solutions for data integration across all UCD ADRC cores and provide standard and novel statistical approaches for disseminating the complicated relationship between risk factors and long-term cognitive decline and dementia progression in diverse populations. The DMSC will also continue to lead in mentoring and training graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculties and collaborate with AD researchers nationally and internationally.