The E-STAR program provides Data, Analytic, and Study Design assistance through the Research and Data Analysis Core (RDAC).
The RDAC’s main function is to create, identify, catalog and facilitate the dissemination, implementation, and use of scientific information produced by E-STAR Scholars
RDAC works with the Administrative Core and Education core to help catalyze co-production of projects and evidence
RDAC does this by providing resources, tools, and methodologic support for training and career development of E-STAR scholars, and serving as an LHS research consultation resource for the UCSF community. Health equity is embedded throughout what RDAC does, by prioritizing projects targeting healthcare disparities, measurement of outcomes by priority populations, and dissemination strategies that link findings back to representative groups of patients and families served within our healthcare settings.
RDAC does three key things:
1. Co-production of projects and results
RDAC helps design studies and measurement strategies that are of value and immediate importance to patients, health systems and the world. RDAC will assist Scholars to develop project plans that align with the priorities of the setting and stakeholders, utilize robust research designs and data sources, and leverage informatics tools. A key part of this last feature is broader availability of the Apex Enabled Research service.
2. Provide analytic support and oversight for E-STAR Scholar projects
RDAC supports evaluation of Scholar projects by providing access to advanced statistical methods along with integrated oversight through an institutional learning health system data and safety monitoring board– the Learning Health System Oversight Committee (LHSOC).
3. Gather and share E-STAR results widely
RDAC will categorize opportunities, solutions, and results from Scholars’ work in a Learning Repository so that embedded researchers at UCSF and nationally can efficiently find solutions to healthcare problems. In addition, RDAC will disseminate project and program findings to UCSF E-STAR sites and interested parties nationally.