COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS CORE

Cedar是在信息系统框架内构建和运行的。计算和信息系统(独联体)核心通过以下方式满足该中心的多方面需求：(1)管理招募和跟踪信息系统，该系统在基线和后续评估时组织确定、招募、安排和跟踪家庭；(2)管理研究礼宾信息系统，该系统组织和综合收集、录入、核查、储存、处理、检索和传播以下方面产生的数据 每个模块以及科学和临床核心；(3)管理局域网，维护和更新局域网的硬件和软件系统；(4)管理赛达中心的网站，传播关于中心行政、研究和教育活动的信息；(5)根据NIDA的独家来源合同管理药物滥用病因学资料库，其中包括与药物滥用根本原因有关的选定出版物；以及(6)咨询和支持信息系统设计， 实施和管理雪松和其他研究中心的辅助项目以及匹兹堡大学内外的项目。

CEDAR is structured and operates within an information systems framework. The Computing and Information System (CIS) Core serves the Center's multifaceted needs by (1) administering the Recruitment and Tracking Information System that organizes the identification, recruitment, scheduling, and tracking of families at baseline and follow-up assessments; (2) managing the Research Protocol Information System that organizes and integrates the collection, entry, verification, storage, processing, retrieval, and dissemination of data resulting from each module and the Scientific and Clinical Cores; (3) managing the Local Area Network (LAN) and maintaining and updating the LAN's hardware and software systems; (4) managing CEDAR's Web Site that disseminates information about the Center's administrative, research, and education activities; (5) managing the Drug Abuse Etiology Reference Bank under a sole source contract from NIDA that includes selected publications pertinent to the etiological factors underlying substance abuse; and, (6) consultation and support for information system design, implementation and administration of ancillary projects at CEDAR and other research centers and projects within and outside the University of Pittsburgh.