Data Management & Biostatistics

Background

Data management and biostatistics case team has been engaged on the process of creating, sharing, using and managing research data of the institute, as an integrated task flow.

This case team plays key role in the outstanding researches held in AHRI from methodology to analysis.

Major Area of the Research

With almost more than one decades working in biomedical research,  Clinical Trial, immunology and molecular biology, epidemiological and translational research. Consult student and researchers on statistical methodology, statistical data analysis and output interpretation again we support on the preparation of data management and statistical analysis plan. We have broad experience in all the stages of development of research projects.

Activities

Methodological support: Planning of statistical methodology, sample size calculation and study design for protocols of projects that are seeking for grants and funds.

Data management: Guidance on the selection of appropriate and secure data management tools and methods. Configuration and tuning of open source software (OpenClinica, Redcap…) to meet special data analysis or study design needs. Database design and development of web interface applications or extensions to manage data. Questionnaire review and study implementation (sites, events, eCRFs, subject definition, users and roles…) in selected software tool. Data management plan with support, documentation and training for different roles. Data control logs, audit logs, data quality checks and validations, monitoring, data cleaning. Data entry, batch data entry or import. Data export, periodical data reports. Use of the Information Security Global infrastructures (SSL, Firewall,) (hardware and software) for hosting and communications in the secure Research Institute data centre.

 Data analysis: performing statistical analyses of clinical and biomedical databases. Assistance in statistical analyses performed by researchers. Drafting and revising statistical methods, results, and interpretation sections in scientific manuscripts.

Training:  Providing data management and statistics data training based on the use of STATA, R, and SAS software for research and students (MSc, PhD)

Data Management and Biostatistics Members
Data Managers and Biostatistics
Tigist Beyene(MSc,  Statistics and Health Informatics)
Samuel Ayele(MSc, Biostatistics)
Tsegaye Hailu (PhD candidate,  applied statistics)
Hiwot Tilahun (BA, Statistics and Management information system)
Wondu Wagaye  ( BSc , Computer Science)
Fozia Getachew  ( BSc,  Computer Science)
Jemal Mohammod (BSc , Statistics)

Data Entry Clerk Members
Mitin Wondaferew (BA, IT and Management)
Zenebech Assefa (BA, IT and Accounting)
Ruth Solomon (BA, IT)
Hana Kelile (Diploma in IT)
Million Legese (BSc , statistics)
Edom Girma (BSc , statistics)
Evidence Center officer
Elsa Muleta (BSc, Nutrition)

Community engagement

Community engagement in health research is responsible for the connection of researches with actual problems within the community and community’s need and priority at large. It has close connection with every single district of every region in the country to address any health related problem and present it to our extraordinary researchers. This makes our research center worth millions of lives.  This case team supports various community engaged research and expected to ensure the enhancement of community engaged research through involving the community in the research problem identification, Problem prioritization, joint planning, execution, dissemination monitoring and evaluation with partial and full engagement of the community. The case team is guided by operational community engagement guideline in the execution process of its activities.

Clinical Epidemiology

Clinical Epidemiology case team has been recently established in the knowledge management directorate. The case team has very few members that are structuring the frame work of the case teams’ path towards making a significant contribution in the research community of AHRI. Despite the early age of the case team, a number of possible engagements and contributions have already been planned. The importance of the case team is undoubtedly enormous and a lot is expected from the case team.

Health Research communication

The Health Research communication case team is at the center of all the activities that takes place in the Armauer Hansen Research Institute. It is a cross-cutting team dedicated to the communication of all the research outputs of the institute and essentially serves as the health research communication outlet of the Institute to the rest of the world. It has a leading role in terms of translation of researches produced by AHRI to the level of health policy influence by writing policy briefs, developing research digest and supporting the uptake of research evidence by policy decision makers.          

Policy Brief

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