Cores Our Center is supported by the following cores:
Promotion and Dissemination Core
The Promotion and Dissemination Core's outreach and
education activities cover three fundamental aspects of using large data
for rehabilitation research: 1) Identifying and accessing large data
sources; 2) Managing and analyzing large datasets; and 3) Archiving and
sharing research data with other investigators.
Core Directors:
- James E. Graham, PhD, DC- Professor and Director of the Center for Community Partnerships, Colorado State University
- Susanne Bruyère, PhD, CRC - Professor & Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University
Technique Development Core
The Core includes two areas of technique development. The
first is the continued development of the Data Directory and Cross-Data
Variable Catalog. The second area is the development of a Data Sharing
Archive in collaboration with the University of Michigan. The archive
includes a web portal for depositing and searching for information from
completed rehabilitation studies. These datasets are available to other
investigators, through a data sharing portal, to conduct secondary
analyses.
Core Directors:
- Amy Pienta, PhD - Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research, ICPSR, University of Michigan
- Amol Karmarkar, PhD, MPH - Assistant Professor, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch
Pilot Studies Core
The Core supports two categories of pilot studies and a
travel award program. Category 1 pilot studies involves research using a
large dataset examining questions relevant to rehabilitation. Each
pilot study includes a mentor from one of the Center consortium
institutions who is experienced in large data analysis and
interpretation. Category 2 pilot studies focuses on archiving data from a
completed rehabilitation study. The goal is to provide support to the
study's PI, or a member of the research team, in order to archive the
data with the assistance of the Center's archiving resources. Category 3
is a new mechanism which will provide travel awards for early career
researchers, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students to present their
research (using a specific dataset in the ADDEP repository) at the 2017
ACRM annual conference.
Core Directors:
- James S. Goodwin, MD - Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch
- Denise Tate, PhD - Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Michigan
Collaborative Opportunities Core
Collaborative opportunities related to large data research
supported by the Core include activities involving the Center's data
directory and data archiving and sharing programs, the pilot studies
program (see below) and the visiting scholars program.
Core Directors:
Administrative Oversight Core
The Core includes an Executive Committee, made up of core
directors and co-directors at UTMB, Cornell University and the
University of Michigan and a committee for Evaluation and Monitoring. An
External Advisory Board provides advice and oversight for all program
activities.
Core Director:
Center Organization and Partnerships at UTMB
UTMB Resources and Partners