Service cores Our OrgANIZATION

Moving, Learning, and Thriving through Scientific Discovery

Research within the Pepper Center is organized within five core areas. You may request a service related to a specific research core.

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Clinical Research Core

The Clinical Research Core provides expertise for conducting and translating clinical research across the spectrum of investigation of both behavioral and pharmaceutical clinical trials . It also engages with observational studies of risk and outcomes related to mobility and prevention of disability.  

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Biostatistics Core

The Biostatistics Core creates operational definitions for outcome variables and other covariates to be measured, analyzes pilot/exploratory studies to obtain data useful for planning future studies, provides pre-study and pre-proposal study design guidance: performs power analyses, calculates appropriate sample size for testing intervention effects and develops statistical analysis plans.