Data Core

About the Data Core

The DOMStat Data Core provides a centralized resource for investigators across the research community to store, analyze and share large secondary databases to facilitate research. The Data Core server currently hosts 6 datasets from various investigators.

 

Clinician and researcher reviewing information on a laptop and clipboard, representing collaboration and real-world data used in biomedical research.

Team Leaders

Dr. Yusuke Tsugawa

Yusuke Tsugawa

Director, Data Core; Associate Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research; Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management
Maya Fujimura

Maya Fujimura

Senior Public Administration Analyst, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research
David Elashoff, Director of DoMSTaT

David Elashoff

Director; Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research; Professor, Department of Biostatistics; Professor, Department of Computational Medicine
Yash Motwani

Yash Motwani

Statistician, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research
Paige-Ashley Smith

Paige-Ashley Smith

Research Data Analyst, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research

Special thanks to: Dr. Carol Mangione, Dr. Dale Abel, Dr. Alan Fogelman.

Services
Computational infrastructure
  • Secure virtual servers
    • DGIT-maintained
    • Located at UCSD Supercomputer Center
  • VPN Access for internal & external collaborators
  • Statistical software
Administrative support
  • VPN access setup
  • DUA development & renewal support
  • Data management plan draft support
  • Data reuse support
  • IRB submission support
Proposal development support
  • Faculty-level collaborations
  • Analytic and database plan development
  • Support fro grant applications
  • Preliminary data and power circulation
Data management and analysis
  • Database construction
  • Variable creation
  • Analytic file preparation
  • Development of common codebase
  • Access to experienced programmers
Promote faculty collaboration

By hosting widely used resources—such as Medicare claims, MarketScan, SEER-Medicare, HCUP, HCAI, and the AHA Governance Survey—the Data Core fosters collaboration across research teams. It also streamlines data sharing and supports impactful, evidence-driven discoveries.