RESEARCH THEMES
IT SUPPORT
The IT Support Group is based out of UBC in Vancouver, and works to support the network through the development of standardized practices and solutions in information technology.
The IT Support Group has three main areas of study:
- To develop a set of SOPs to standardize Clinical Data Management practices across the network
- To standardize data (same variables, same coding) and to assure the use of standard validated definitions – if possible from an ontological resource. Main objective therefore is to ensure data quality and consistency across the network.
- To incorporate into the centralized PCIRN database information coming from different labs that perform influenza tests across the country. The objective is not only to store key lab information regarding PCIRN studies in a single database, but to have them standardized in their coding and reported values, and to have them accessible to different teams within PCIRN.
Jean-Paul Collet MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
Professor and Associate Head Research, Department of Pediatrics, UBC
Associate Director, Partnership Development, CFRI
Dr. Jean-Paul Collet is a pediatrician who obtained a MD degree at Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France and a PhD degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McGill University. Later Dr. Collet contributed his expertise to McGill University as Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Associate Director for Clinical Research at the Lady Davis Institute at Jewish General Hospital.
Dr. Collet is currently appointed as Professor and Associate Head Research in the Department of Pediatrics, UBC and also as Associate Director, Partnership Development, Child and Family Research Institute.
Dr. Collet is in charge of developing and promoting applied health research for Clinical, Health Services and Population Health.
Dr. Collet's areas of research include:
• Clinical Research methodology
• Evidence-based medicine: generating evidence and transferring evidence into practice
• Practice Evaluation and Quality Improvement
• Complementary and Integrative Medicine
