Nicole Mesarchik is the Data Center's Administrative Assistant. She joined the University of Pittsburgh in April of 2007. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and minored in Mathematics. Nicole plans to pursue her Masters degree in Business Administration from the Katz Graduate School of Business.

Lorraine Pollini is a CRHC Administrative Assistant. She joined the University of Pittsburgh in 2003. Lorraine began working at the Center for Research on Health Care in 2006. She holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and Social Science. Lorraine plans to pursue a Master of Science degree in Applied Developmental Psychology specializing in the area of children, youth and families.

Diane Comer has been performing data analysis for investigators using the SAS Software System and more recently SPSS since 1995. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and has completed some coursework in the Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health.

Max earned a BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in each Mathematics and Economics. Here at the Data Center Max works with PhD statisticians in designing and implementing statistical analyses for research projects at the Center, aiding particularly in statistical programming. When not working on statistics, you’ll often find Max outside the city on his bike, if the weather’s nice that is.

Chang earned a MS in Biostatistics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Here at the Data Center Chang works with PhD statisticians in designing and implementing statistical analyses for research projects at the Center.

Since 1988 Terry Sefcik has obtained a wealth of diversified computer experience in an academic research environment, including database development, applications programming, supervision and training of data management staff, and coordination of PC education. She holds a Master of Science Degree in Information Science, and her areas of expertise include tracking systems, tablet PC based data management systems, and processing large medical databases.

Del Gannon started working for the Division of Internal Medicine in August 1991 as a Data Entry Specialist. From there she move on to the Center for Research on Health Care in November 1998. Del has worked on various Research Studies starting with Syncope 3, Pneumonia, Length of Stay, EDCAP and RAYS. Del's responsibilities include Data Management, database development, form developement, tracking data forms, entering data, verifying data and making appropriate changes to the database as necessary. She also supervises and assigns tasks to students hired to do data entry.

Linda Quinn has been a member of the data center staff since 1997. She is experienced in database development, form development and data management. She is proficient in various software packages such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio and EndNote. She is also responsible for the accounting operations of the Data Center.

Layla Sian is responsible for the design, development, maintenance, updates, revisions, and general support to the Data Center on intranet and internet web sites. Her responsibilities include providing development of web-enabled database access and reporting using computer programming technologies.

Tim Bragg has been involved with building software using various programming languages, data application development, database management, supervision/training of staff, and hardware/software maintenance since 1996. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics with a minor in Computer Science. His areas of expertise include database and data application design, web site design, and application development using MS Visual Studio.

Donald Grimm is responsible for the administration and security of twelve servers that are used for web serving, file sharing, database warehousing, statistical data analysis, Eportfolio, and course streaming video. He is also responsible for workstation and user support for The Division of General Internal Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, and the Center for Research on Health Care Data Center which comprises over 200 devices. He has been with the University of Pittsburgh since 1997 and has been in a systems administrator role since 1992.

Shelley Burner earned her BS from the University of Pittsburgh where she majored in Information Science with a minor in French. Shelley specializes in the design, development and management of Access applications. Her focus is programming database-driven applications.

Jason is responsible for designing and developing web applications for the Data Center. He is a graduate from Bloomsburg University where he received two Bachelor’s degrees, one in Music and the second in Mass Communications and he also earned his Masters of Science in Instructional Technology. His specialties include front end web design, flash development, and video and music production.

Jinghua Ou is experienced in system analysis, software application design, code implementation and quality assurance. She holds a BS degree in Computer Science from James Madison University, VA. She is responsible for designing and developing web applications for the Data Center.

Tim VanDyke received his BA in Communications with a Concentration in Public Relations from Geneva College. Tim is currently designing, creating and updating web applications for the Data Center. His specialties include web design, flash development, layout and graphic design.

David Yankovich graduated from Penn State Behrend University with a Bachelors Degree in Management Information Systems and a Minor in Management. He recently moved to Pittsburgh from Jacksonville, FL. Dave is currently creating, updating, and troubleshooting web pages using ASP.NET, C#, Javascript, and a SQL Server 2005 backend. CSS is currently a learning process, but he is picking it up quickly.