Under the direction of Rick Hoyle, the primary objectives of the Methodology and Statistics Core in theDuke Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center (TPRC) are to facilitate, encourage, strengthen, andexpand the quality of collection, management, and analysis of data in research on the prevention ofadolescent substance abuse. The Core will provide resources and expertise that contribute to thedevelopment, execution, analysis, and publication of high quality prevention science focused on adolescentsubstance abuse. The Core will ensure professional quality consultation and collaborative opportunities asspecified in the following aims.1. Provide leadership in the application of rigorous and innovative statistical methods in TPRC research.2. Provide data-warehousing functions that include data management; storage and retrieval of electronicdata; and quality control and assurance of electronic data.3. Expand advanced data-analytic services offered by the Core to meeting the varied and emerging needsof TPRC investigators.4. Promote methodological and statistical education and training opportunities for TPRC investigatorsand the broader community of prevention scientists at Duke and UNC.
These aims will be pursued by a multidisciplinary team of experts who are experienced providers ofmethodological and statistical support for complex, large-scale, funded research projects. The Methodologyand Statistics Core will provide a crucial link between the network of prevention scientists at Duke and themethodologists and statisticians distributed across units at the institution. In addition, the Methodology andStatistics Core will offer leadership to the broader substance abuse prevention research effort by providingtraining and technology transfer in the application of state-of-the-art statistical methods, providing a readilyaccessible structure for interdisciplinary sharing of ideas, and training graduate students and postdoctoralfellows in prevention science methods.The Methodology and Statistics Core of the Duke Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center will reducethe public health burden of adolescent substance use by enhancing the capacity of investigators to analyzetheir data in ways that facilitate novel prevention programs and activities.
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