SIR Conference

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SIR Conference TrainingNew YorkMay 9/10th 2005

• WELCOME

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Mo Reardon SIR

• SIR Involvement since 1979 Cybernet
• Bathythermal Database for Navy 1983
• Australian SIR distributor MD 1984
• Purchased Worldwide SIR in 1989
• Currently Sales Administration
• Customers in 16 countries
• 26 years SIR involvement

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SIR AROUND THE WORLD

• USA ENGLAND BELGIUM
• GERMANY HOLLAND IRELAND
• GREENLAND THAILAND SCOTLAND
• ISRAEL CRETE CANADA
• AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND
• DENMARK SAUDI ARABIA

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Tony Reardon SIR

• Director of Development
• Database software since 1966
• Programmer to DP manager
• Now back to programming
• SIR owner/director since 1985
• 20 years SIR experience

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David Baxter SIR

• Support Manager
• Joined SIR 1992
• Traffic Authority SIR user 1986
• Mt Sinai Toronto SIR user 1990
• 20 years SIR experience

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Dave Doulton University of Southampton

• Expert Professional in Databases
• Chairman of SIR User Group
• Automated User Management System
• Course booking system
• Leave/absence system
• Beta Tester since 1990
• 21 years SIR experience

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John Lemon University of Aberdeen

• Senior Computer Advisor
• Trainer Support for SIR,SPSS,SNAP
• Aberdeen Maternity Neo-Natal
• Course Allocation System
• Helpdesk Management System
• Royal Navy Reserve 20 years
• 20 years SIR experience
• Beta Tester Honeywell Converter

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Tom Shriver DataVisor

• Owner General Manager
• Training Consultation for Scientific Medical
  Data Management
• Development of add-on Software for SIR
  Applications
• DCC Large Breast Cancer Database
• Heartbase Development

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Tom Shriver DataVisor

• SIR in 1984
• Indiana Heart Institute 1995
• DataVisor Established 2000
• DVPainter - a Forms Painter
• DVMenu - SIR Main Menu Manager
• DVSchema - Manage Data Dictionaries
• DVQuery - Query, Reporting Exporting
• 21 years SIR experience

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Howard Andrews Columbia University Data
Coordinating Center (DCC)

• Director DCC Established 1994
• PhD Biopsychology, Masters Biostats
• Associate Clinical Professor
  Teaches Research Data Management
• DCC provides Database Statistical Services to
  Clinical trials Epidemiological Studies
• 39 Active SIR databases
• 24 years SIR experience

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DCC SIR Databases

• Columbia Center for Child Environment Health
• Vitamin E Trial Persons with Down Syndrome
• Alzheimers Prevention Trial with Estrogens
• Risperidone Discontinuation Trial
• Washington Heights-Inwood Aging Project
• HIV Center Clinical Behavioral Research
• Registry for Breast Ovarian Cancer
• Columbia Child Advocacy Center
• Early Determinants of Adult Health
• Alzheimers Disease Research Center

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John Pittman ex DCC

• Data Manager Consultant
• Design Implement Maintain Research Databases
• Clinical Trials
• Epidemiology
• Psychometric Socio-Medical Research
• 25 years SIR experience

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David Merle DCC

• Programmer just joined DCC
• Creating, Maintaining Accessing Databases for
  Researchers
• Very helpful in conference organization

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Ming Feng DCC

• Technical Specialist
• SIR Database Design, Creation, Management
  Development
• Data Retrieval
• Systems Technical Support
• Debugging Maintenance
• 3.5 years SIR experience

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Lori Hoepner DCC

• Project Liaison Data Coordinator
• Epidemiological Clinical Trials
• Produce Analyzable SPSS SAS Data
• Geographic Information Systems
• Laboratory Data from Excel to SIR
• 6 years SIR experience

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Robin Garfinkel DCC

• Ph.D
• Biostatistician
• Statistical work for DCC

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Greg Neils DCC

• Cagey SIR Veteran
• Innovative Energetic
• Just Married
• 2 years SIR experience?

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Peter Cross DCC

• Extremely Nice Guy
• 5 Years or so SIR experience?

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David Andrews Neuroscience Dept New York State
Psychiatric Institute

• System Administration Analyst
• Multiple DB Legacy Systems including Paradox
  Access
• Hoping SIR can provide Solutions

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Debbi Goetz Department of Medical Genetics New
York State Psychiatric

• Project Director of the Jerusalem Perinatal
  Schizophrenia Cohort Study Based in New York
  Israel
• Previously used FOXPRO now SIR
• Effects of Family Mental Illness, Maternal
  Health, Obstetric Complications, Genetic
  Influences on Later Diagnosis
• 4 years SIR Experience

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Ray Goetz Mt Sinais Dept of Psychiatrys Div
of Biostatistics

• Ph.D in Experimental Psychology
• Ex New York State Psychiatric Institute
• HIV Center Follow Up Study
• Clinical Data of Schizophrenia Research
• 19 years SIR Experience

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Jon Johnson Centre Longitundinal Studies

• Senior DB Manager
• Run 75 UK Birth Cohort Studies
• Migrating from SPSS to SIR
• SIR user since 80s
• After 7 year SIR Gap Back to SIR

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Adrian Hodgson ORC International

• Divisional Manager
• Project Management- Evaluation Database for Dept
  Works Pensions from 1998 including Help Long
  Term Unemployed back to Work
• Data Matching Government Training Scheme, Job
  Center Activity, Job Seekers Benefits etc
• 40 Million Cases, Many Millions of Records
• 20 years SIR Experience

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Barbara Evans NHS TrustLeicestershire
Partnership

• Information Research Officer for Treatment
  Recovery Services Part of Adult Mental Health
  Services
• Mental Health Case Register
• Activity Database
• Small Database, Complex Relationships
• 13 years SIR experience

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PAT Horan NHS TrustLeicestershire Partnership

• Systems Administrator for Treatment Recovery
  Services Part of Adult Mental Health Services
• Mental Health Case Register
• Activity Database
• Small Database, Complex Relationships
• 13 years SIR experience

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Col Barling Gryphon Management Consultants

• Psychologist/Consultant
• Payroll, Health, Employee Surveys
• Mediation, HR/IT, Industrial relations
• Survey Analysis
• Industrial Relations Database
• CRM, Marketing, System Interfaces
• Salary Survey Analysis
• 22 years SIR experience

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Nick Gawrit Heartbase

• President Cardiology Clinical Database
• R D Registry Affiliation
• Moved thru many versions SIR
• 15 years SIR Experience

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SIR EXPERIENCE

• 317 years!

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Timetable - Today

• Howard Andrews DCC Applications
• 11.30 Lunch
• 12.30 Advanced Training Multi-Purpose Room New
  York State Psychiatric Institute 1051 Riverside
  Road
• 12.30 Introductory Training DCC?
• 20.00 Dinner at Carolines Comedy 10 minute walk
  from Holiday Inn
• Special diets

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Timetable Tuesday May 10th

• 9.0 Introductory Training DCC?
• 9.0 Advanced Training Multi-Purpose
• 6.0 Prompt Meet at Yacht
• ½ hour walk from Holiday Inn

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Timetable Wednesday May 12th

• 9.0 Conference Training Papers Here
• 16.30 Close

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SIR Conference TrainingNew YorkMay 9/11th 2005