Steve Hollon, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Dr. Steve Hollon, the Gertrude Conaway Professor of Psychology at Vanderbilt University, used DatStat software to collect, manage, and monitor data during a multi-site collaboration in which depressed suicidal patients at three geographical sites were: randomly assigned to condition; treated for up to three years to the point of recovery; randomized a second time to stay on or withdraw from medication; and followed over a subsequent three years to assess for subsequent recurrence.

“Much better than anything we’ve ever worked with before clinically”

Christine Lee, Ph.D., University of Washington

Dr. Lee is a Research Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors at the University of Washington. She has used DatStat software in conjunction with third-party programming to manage a variety of study tasks, including recruitment and assessment, participant screening and randomization, personalized feedback, and participant tracking. In this presentation, Dr. Lee will discuss two of her current projects that address high-risk behaviors during the transition to adulthood.

“If you can imagine what the perfect survey would be, the (DatStat) SDK can make it happen”

Cara Ernst, MA, Parent-Child Assistance Program

Cara C. Ernst, MA, has been the program evaluator for this statewide, evidence-based home visitation case‐management program for 21 years. Learn how the DatStat console: meets research and QA requirements; helps staff manage data reporting needs; and provides real-time feedback. These features combine to enhance the efforts of PCAP staff to help mothers build healthy families and prevent future births of children exposed prenatally to alcohol and drugs.

“One of the most useful aspects of the console was its ability to be customized to the individual through the use of roles.”

Eric Storch, Ph.D., M.S., University of South Florida

Dr. Storch, associate professor of clinical psychology in the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the University of South Florida, specializes in the cognitive behavioral treatment of adult and childhood obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders and anxiety disorders. Learn how he is using DatStat in two current studies.

“It’s truly remarkable in terms of completeness of the data. The overall quality of the data is really astounding.”

Colleen Loos, Centre for Military and Veterans’ Health

Colleen Loos, project manager at the Centre for Military and Veterans’ Health (CMVH), gives a brief presentation to describe how DatStat has boosted the efficiency of their recent research projects. CMVH uses DatStat software for robust online surveys, capable of handling 1,400 data items, and research management for large studies with outreach to N=50,000 participants or greater.

“About 92 percent did the online survey…a significant cost savings to having to manage all that paper.”

Janet St. Lawrence, Ph.D., MSU-Meridian

Dr. St. Lawrence uses DatStat Illume and has worked closely with the Solutions Consulting Group for her youth and parent intervention program. DatStat programmed the ACASI surveys, checked skip logic and survey content thoroughly, and trained study staff for deployment. Hear about Dr. St. Lawrence’s experience so far and her plans for an upcoming R01 study.

“I finished what I thought was going to take me two weeks in about two hours”