Pittsburgh Claude D. Pepper Core Descriptions

Pepper Core Descriptions

Clinical and Population Research Core (CPRC)
The Clinical and Population Research Core provides recruitment, cohort study resources and clinical research expertise to promote a multidisciplinary approach to the assessment of balance and mobility in OAIC clinical research studies.

Data Management and Analysis Core (DMAC)
The Data Management and Analysis Core (DMAC) will provide centralized data management and statistical analysis services to the community of investigators affiliated with the theme of the OAIC, thus developing a deeper connection to the theme of the OAIC and achieving an economy of scale.

Leadership Administrative Core (LAC)
The Leadership/Administrative Core is responsible for the organizational, communication, budgetary and regulatory functions of the OAIC.

Pilot and Exploratory Studies Core (PESC)
The Pilot/Exploratory Studies Core promotes innovative multidisciplinary research related to balance and aging.

Research Career Development Core (RCDC)
The Research Career Development Core supports the development of independent investigators who wish to conduct age-related balance and mobility disorders research.

Technology Core
The Technology Core is to provide innovative assessment techniques to promote an understanding of the biomechanical, anatomical and physiological influences on balance problems of aging. and improving the life of older individuals through this research.

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