Planning Grants for Innovative Duke-Durham Partnered Approaches
to Specific Health Problems in Durham County
Data and Analysis Core
What does the Data and Analysis Core do?
The Data and Analysis Core provides support on all issues related to finding data and
undertaking analyses necessary to identify populations, patterns of utilization, and associated
costs. In particular, the Data and Analysis helps to:
 determine what data from the Duke Data Support Repository (DSR) and from other
health-related data resources are relevant to the project under consideration
 work with teams to map data
 work in conjunction with the Community Engagement Core to identify partners who
might contribute to the data and analysis
 work in conjunction with the Implementation Plan Development Core to identify
appropriate billing and other cost-related data of relevance to the model of care under
consideration
 support teams in addressing the ethical, regulatory, and legal issues related to use of
health related data
 support teams with basic biostatistical analysis
What data are available for teams to use?
Health and social data abounds. Determining what data would be most useful to individual
teams is best determined in one-on-one consultations with the Data and Analysis Core. Some
data likely to be of use to most teams:
 Aggregated patient data from the Duke DSR
 US Census 2000
 Community resources (schools, community centers, religious institutions, child care
centers, etc.)
 Health care resources (clinics, pharmacies, urgent care facilities,etc.)
 Tax parcel information
 Crime incidents
 Business locations
Who is on the Data and Analysis Core team?
Rebecca Freeman, Durham County Health Department (community co-chair)
Marie Lynn Miranda, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University (co-chair)
Jeff Ferranti, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University
Stephen George, Duke Translational Medicine Institute
Barbara Gregory, Duke Center for Community Research
Andy Hull, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
Lawrence (Doc) Muhlbaier, Duke Translational Medicine Institute
Howard Shang, Duke Health Technology Solutions
Kristina Sigmon, Duke Translational Medicine Institute
How do I contact the Data and Analysis Core?
The points of contact for the Data and Analysis Core are Andy Hull (andyhull@duke.edu or 919613-8058) and Marie Lynn Miranda (mmiranda@duke.edu or 919-613-8723).