Sleep and Circadian Methods (SCM) Core

项目摘要/摘要 科布雷儿童和青少年心理健康睡眠和昼夜节律中心的目标是 建立一个中心，帮助弥合睡眠和昼夜节律科学以及儿童和青少年之间的差距 心理健康。睡眠和昼夜节律方法(SCM)核心的目标是支持项目负责人 和中心的研究人员在整个研究过程中适当使用睡眠和昼夜节律方法。 睡眠和昼夜节律数据是复杂和多模式的，需要专门的专业知识来选择、获取、评分 分析和解读。SCM核心将提供这方面的专业知识，以支持初级调查人员在所有方面 研究过程从研究设计开始，经历了数据采集和数据质量控制 处理和结束于分析和解释。该核心将在三个主要领域为调查人员提供支持 域名。首先，SCM核心将协助选择、获取、评分、分析和解释 睡眠和昼夜节律测量。该帮助将通过资源库的管理(例如， 推荐读物、研究方案、指南、评分说明、分析语法)、提供专家 咨询，并利用训练有素的技术人员和研究学徒的时间直接提供帮助。第二， CORE将协调对以下各项所需设施、仪器、软件和数据库资源的访问 睡眠和昼夜节律数据的获取、存储和评分。这种协调将使科布雷- 附属项目，利用有限的资源，如布拉德利睡眠实验室的床位。最后，核心将 提供有关当前最佳实践的培训，并帮助确定创新的方法、测量和分析 适合儿童心理健康人群的睡眠和昼夜节律科学方法。通过这些 服务，SCM核心将极大地增强布拉德利睡眠实验室专门的 基础设施和专业知识，到目前为止，只有那些直接受雇于 实验室。长期目标是将儿科睡眠和昼夜节律方法整合到布拉德利医院 基础设施，从而提供持久的资源，将支持研究解决相互作用 心理健康、发育、睡眠和昼夜节律。

Project Summary/Abstract The goal of the COBRE Center on Sleep and circadian rhythms in child and adolescent mental health is to build a center that will help bridge the gap between sleep and circadian science and child and adolescent mental health. The objective of the Sleep and Circadian Methods (SCM) Core is to support Project Leaders and Center investigators in the appropriate use of sleep and circadian methods across the research process. Sleep and circadian data are complex and multimodal, requiring specialized expertise to select, acquire, score, analyze and interpret. The SCM Core will provide this expertise to support junior investigators in all aspects of the research process starting at study design moving through data acquisition and quality control to data processing and ending at analysis and interpretation. The core will support investigators in three major domains. First, the SCM core will assist in the selection, acquisition, scoring, analysis, and interpretation of sleep and circadian measures. This assistance will be through curation of a resource library (e.g., recommended readings, research protocols, guides, scoring instructions, analytic syntax), provision of expert consultation, and direct assistance using time from trained technicians and research apprentices. Second, the core will coordinate access to facilities, instrumentation, software, and database resources required for acquisition, storage, and scoring of sleep and circadian data. This coordination will enable the COBRE- affiliated projects to utilize finite resources such as beds in the Bradley Sleep Laboratory. Finally, the core will provide training in current best-practices and help identify innovative methods, measurement and analytic approaches to sleep and circadian science suitable for pediatric mental health populations. Through these services, the SCM core will greatly enhance the reach of the Bradley Sleep Laboratory's specialized infrastructure and expertise, which to date have only been available to those directly employed by the laboratory. The Long-term goal is to integrate pediatric sleep and circadian methods into Bradley Hospital infrastructure thus providing an enduring resource that will support research addressing the interplay between mental health, development, sleep, and circadian rhythms.