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NACC Update. ADC Director’s Meeting 24 April 2004 San Francisco. Names and faces. Greta van Susteren John Ashcroft Bud Google Bud Tuggley Eurasmus B. Draggen. Making Data Submission Easier. MDS Data Submission System Developed by Duane Beekly Cuts data submission time
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NACC Update ADC Director’s Meeting 24 April 2004 San Francisco
Names and faces • Greta van Susteren • John Ashcroft • Bud Google • Bud Tuggley • Eurasmus B. Draggen
Making Data Submission Easier • MDS Data Submission System • Developed by Duane Beekly • Cuts data submission time • Speeds error check processing • Rave reviews by users • Will be further adapted for NP data • UDS submission system • Coming soon!
2004 MDS Data Call Deadline was April 16 • ~71,000 total ID’s submitted • Data completely submitted through NACC Web Site • Data completely error checked through NACC Web Site • 28 Centers Submitted On or before deadline. • OHSU was No. 1 • Certification deadline Apr 30: • 6 have certified so far
Database Access • Steering Committee approves “public access” to de-identified MDS/NP data • Publication and User identification schemes under development • Data thru 2002 to be available • Junior investigator data analysis awards • Increase use; Generate science
NACC Collaborative Studies • Huge increase in productivity • 55 paper + abstracts published or submitted • 10 grants submitted using data • Next Competitive submission: TBA • After budget cuts • “Most papers and abstracts” Award • Dr. Bernardino Ghetti, Indiana U.
The Uniform Data Set and the Clinical Task Force • “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”…Churchill • “Do not misunderestimate them” …anonymous • NACC’s hard work to begin • Operations Manual • Implementation & Training • Software adaptation • Data quality assurance