Coordinating Center Activities

Maintain and build the CHS resource
- Maintain and update the database
- Maintain the web site
- Coordinate continued data collection from study participants
- Coordinate events data collection and adjudication
- Archive data collected by ancillary studies
- Prepare and track budgets, subcontracts, and invoices for CC activities
- Support the activities of study committees, working groups, and workshops
- Coordinate key ongoing CHS activities funded by ancillary studies
  - Interviews and examination of study participants
  - Events data collection and adjudication
Support individual research projects
- Provide information to investigators on CHS resources, procedures, and policies
- Coordinate review of ancillary study and manuscript proposals
- Work with investigators to assure completion of agreements and approvals
- Correspond with the Central Laboratory about specimen needs
- Track progress of approved ancillary studies and manuscripts
Additional services offered by the Coordinating Center
- Conduct statistical analysis
- Co-author papers
- Provide consultation
- Provide summary statistics for grant preparation
- Select subsamples of CHS participants for projects
- Create and distribute data files
- Verify statistical analyses for CHS papers
- Provide project management and direction
- Provide computing and data management for studies with special data needs