Service Center
 The Center for Research and Evaluation (CRE) Computer Lab contains eight Dell Pentium-class computers: one Optiplex GX260, three Optiplex GX270, two Optiplex GX280 and two Optiplex GX200 PCs. All of the PCs are running on Windows XP. The CRE Lab has the following printer resources: one Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet 1320 black and white duplex-capable printer, one Hewlett-Packard 3700 color printer. The lab also has two scanners: one Hewlett-Packard Scan Jet 5590 and a Hewlett-Packard Scan Jet 3p scanner dedicated to Teleform document entry. Two highly secured PCs are connected to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) database. All PCs run the Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Suite of applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Frontpage, and Publisher). Internet Explorer, Netscape, and Mozilla Firefox are all available for internet browsing. Statistical software packages, such as SPSS 13 (with Amos, Answer Tree, and Sample Power modules) and SAS 9 are available on most PCs. More specialized software, such as LISREL 8.54, HLM 6.02, Ethnograph 5.0, Stata 9, EQS 6.1, NCSS-PASS 2002, LogXAct 7, S-Plus 7, and ATLAS 5.0 are available on selected PCs. EndNote versions 7 or 9 are available on all PCs to provide reference management for documents. As mentioned previously, Teleform 7.1 is available on selected PCs for data entry and validation of large data sets requiring forms. Other scanning software such as HP Document Scanning and Omnipage Pro 14 are available. All PCs are equipped with Adobe Reader 7 and selected PCs have the full Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional installed for PDF creation. Able2Doc is also available for PDF conversions. All lab computers are currently behind the School of Nursing’s firewall and are secured using the latest Symantec Antivirus software along with Ad-Aware SE Professional.
The Nursing Center for Innovation and Clinical
Learning (CICL) is located on the second floor of Victoria Hall
houses the Nursing Computer Lab, a viewing area for
slides and videos, and study space for students. In
addition to 3 systems analysts, the CICL is staffed with
individuals with expertise in instructional design, web
design and teaching, particularly distance education.
Location
The CRE Data Lab is conveniently located on the third floor
of the Victoria Building. A conference room with presentation
equipment is also near the lab.
Center for Research & Evaluation Data Lab
3500 Victoria Street
Room 360 Victoria Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Resources
The laboratory on the fourth floor of the Victoria Building
within the School of Nursing, consists of five rooms
(approximately 3200 square feet each) of newly renovated space
designed as standard wet lab facilities. Generic lab equipment
relevant to many studies includes a Beckman GS-6R refrigerated
centrifuge, two ultralow freezers connected to an alarm system
with automatic dial to the investigators, a spectrophotometer, a
cold room, hoods, and an upright refrigerator and ice machine.
Within this space, a molecular genetics laboratory is fully
equipped and divided into three sections, a culture room
facility, a pre-PCR room and a post-PCR/equipment room. Major
equipment includes an ABI377 automated sequencer/genotyper with
all of the necessary computer equipment and software for
analysis of data, the WAVE Nucleic Acid Fragment Analysis System
from Transgenomic to perform dHPLC, an AB17000 TaqMan apparatus
for quantitative PCR and allele discrimination assays,
horizontal/vertical electrophoresis units and power supplies,
several SSCP apparatuses, a gel documentation system, culture
room equipment, and several 96-well thermal cyclers.
The School of Nursing also
houses a Clinical Research facility, a 1,800 square foot space equipped with one examination/treatment room, two
observations rooms, two consultation rooms, one large conference
room, a greeting/reception area, and a restroom for subject use.
The Lab is designed for research faculty at the School of
Nursing to use to implement research protocols. In the exam
room, there are two exam tables, a stadiometer, a phlebotomy
chair and a sink. Clinical Research Lab also has a freezer that
can be used for specimens and a refrigerator. Four notebook
computers are available for use with Windows XP professional
installed on each. A scanner and a fax machine are also
available for research faculty and staff.
Other
The Center for Research & Evaluation (CRE) is a research
support center and is under the direction of Dr. Janice
Dorman who is experienced both in research and research administration.
The CRE faculty includes three PhD-prepared and one masters prepared statistician with extensive research experience in nursing,
medicine, psychology. Their combined statistical expertise
comprises observational, quasi-experimental, and
experimental designs, exploratory data analysis, data
visualization, nonparametric statistics, multivariate
general linear models (e.g., regression, analysis of
variance and covariance, principal components), generalized
linear models (e.g., regression, loglinear models, logistic
regression), model diagnostics, longitudinal data analysis
(e.g., repeated measures ANOVA, linear mixed models,
marginal models, hierarchical models); survival analysis,
and structural equation models (e.g., path analysis, factor
analysis, psychometrics). A full-time systems analyst/data manager provides support
to the CRE Data Lab and also designs and maintains databases
for complex projects.
Library Services
Falk Library of the Health Sciences is the flagship library of
the Health Sciences Library System and serves the Schools of
Nursing, Dental Medicine, Health and Rehabilitation
Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy and the Graduate School of
Public Health. The library houses more than 300,000 volumes,
receives over 2,100 journal subscriptions, and includes the
History of Medicine collection with over 15,000 volumes
featuring rare books on medicine, nursing, psychiatry, and
public health.
To assist faculty with their literature searches, trained
reference librarians are available from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30
p.m. Monday - Friday and 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
Other libraries in the Health Sciences Library System (HSLS)
are Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic Library, the
James Frazer Hillman Health Sciences Library and Hopwood
Patient Education Library both at UPMC Shadyside. HSL Online
provides access to databases and electronic resources to
faculty, staff, and students. HSL Online offers access to
approximately 50 bibliographic databases including CINAHL
(Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature),
MEDLINE (biomedical journal literature), CancerLit, Health &
Psychosocial Instruments, PsycINFO, Health Reference Center,
Micromedex, PubMed and many more. HSL Online includes access
to 2,500 full-text electronic journals and more than 400
full-text electronic textbooks. The University's online
catalog, PittCAT, provides information about the
availability of materials at all University of Pittsburgh
libraries. |
