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（CIS）核心服务于中心多方面的需求，通过(1)管理招募和跟踪信息系统，该系统在基线和后续评估中组织家庭的识别，招募，安排和跟踪；(2)管理研究方案信息系统，该系统组织和集成了研究方案数据的收集、输入、验证、存储、处理、检索和传播

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.