Research Design, Epidemiology & BioStatistics Core
An integral component of successful Clinical and Translational Research is careful study design, appropriate data analysis, and thoughtful interpretation and dissemination of results. Experts within the Research Design, Epidemiology and Biostatistics core of the AI/AN CTR program will provide resources to support these critical components of research that primary investigators themselves often do not have the training and expertise to accomplish alone. For assistance contact the site director nearest you
Director
Timothy Thomas, MD
Director, Clinical and Research Services.
Affiliation: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Expertise: Medical Epidemiology,Clinical Trials
Email: tkthomas@anthc.org
Phone: (907) 729 3095
Staff:
Jacques Philip, MD
Biomedical Informatics Leader
Affiliation: Center for Alaska Native Health Research ( CANHR) Institute of Arctic Biology- University of Alaska Fairbanks
Expertise: Soft modeling in exploratory studies of health disparities ( Geometric and partial least squared methods). Mixed methods in Community Based Participatory Research ( CBPR). Social networks analysis. Evaluation of community based interventions. Data capture/management ( REDCap or relational Databases).
Email:Jphilip@alaska.edu
Phone: (907) 388 6042
Cornelia Jessen, MA
Senior Program Manager
Affiliation: Clinical and Research Services- Community Health Services- Alaska Tribal Health Consortium
Expertise: Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR), community engagement, mixed methods, qualitative data collection and analysis, evaluation research, integrating Indigenous and Western methodologies.
Email: cmjessen@anthc.org
Phone: (907) 729 3955
Gretchen Day
Biostatistician- Epidemiologist
Affiliation: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Expertise: Longitudinal studies, repeated measures, small populations, applied public health statistics.
Email: gmday@anthc.org
Phone: (907) 729 3796
Daniela Lammers
Affiliation: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Expertise: MS Access and REDCap Database Design, Build and Management. Data dictionaries, queries, and reports. Data management protocols.
Email: Kllammers@anthc.org
Phone: (907) 729 3967
Peter Holck, PhD, MPH
Affiliation: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Expertise: Multivariable modeling and graphical presentation. SQL database management. Epidemiological study design
Email: holck@uw.edu
Phone: (512) 788 5393
Kathryn Koller, PhD, RN
Affiliation: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Expertise: Qualitative, Quantitative, mixed methods with cross-sectional and longitudinal/repeated measures design in clinical and Alaska Native community settings. Primary areas of interest include chronic disease epidemiology and risk factor analysis, and upstream disease prevention and control. IRB and Tribal approval navigation, proposal planning, budget development and study implementation.
Email: kkoller@anthc.org
Phone: (907) 729 3644