The Data Management and Informatics Core

The Data Management and Informatics Core (DMIC) of the Yale Program on Aging and Pepper Center provides data services in support of research field operations and data analysis. The DMIC formally organized in 1992 for the first cycle of the Yale Pepper Center, but many of us have been colleagues since the early 1980’s. Our eleven staff members have well over 200 years of collective experience in research data management. We have developed data systems for large observational studies, intervention trials, secondary analysis studies, and, increasingly, basic research and translational studies. Within Yale, we have formal collaborations with the Yale CTSA, the West Haven Veterans Administration, the Yale Center for Medical Informatics, and the Yale Center for Genomics and Proteomics. We have also collaborated with Pepper Centers at UCLA, Duke, Wake Forest and Johns Hopkins.

Contact Information
Peter A. Charpentier, M.P.H., Director
peter.charpentier@yale.edu
203-737-1768

Staff
Katy L. B. Araujo, M.P.H.
David Bruce, M.S.
Wanda Carr
Peter Charpentier, M.P.H.
Shu Chen, M.S.
Evelyne Gahbauer, M.D., M.P.H.
Geraldine Hawthorne, B.S.
Linda Leo-Summers, M.P.H.
Gail Janet McAvay, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Bridget M. Mignosa
John O’Leary, M.S.
Virginia Towle M.Phil., M.P.H.

DMIC Products

Over the years we have developed systems and applications that are available to interested researchers worldwide.

Pepper Informatics (Pi)
Pi is a PC-based program for data collection, high-volume data entry and for basic data management. Please get in touch with us if you would like to evaluate Pi.

The Geriatrics Research Instrument Library (GRIL)
GRIL, an Internet resource developed by the Yale Center for Medical Informatics and DMIC, is a database of data collection instruments of interest to researchers in Geriatrics. We provide as much of the metadata allowed under copyright restrictions, including in many cases useable data collection forms in PDF format. At the minimum, basic descriptors, bibliographies and links to external websites are provided for each instrument. Where allowed under copyright, we provide detailed metadata such as scripts for questions and response levels. In many cases we provide useable data collection forms in PDF format.
GRIL is located at http://gril.med.yale.edu.

Gerontological Research Algorithms & Statistical Programs (GRASP)
GRASP is a joint venture of the Yale Program on Aging Biostatistical Core and DMIC. GRASP is a repository of biostatical content of interest to biostatisticians, epidemiologists and clinical researchers. GRASP consists of a content manager we call the “GRASP Explorer,” a wiki and a discussion forum. Users can locate, inspect and download articles, programs and sample datasets that address specific challenges in the analysis of Gerontological data. Registered users may submit content and contribute to the wiki and discussion forum.
GRASP is located at http://grasp.med.yale.edu.

Acknowledgement
Pi, GRIL and GRASP are development projects funded by the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center at Yale, NIA award P30-AG-21342-06S1 (Mary E. Tinetti, Principal Investigator.