Qualitative and Mixed Methods Core QMMC (COM)

Overview of Services

The Qualitative and Mixed Methods Core (QMMC) is an institutional core that will support the performance of rigorous qualitative and mixed methods research at the PSCOM/PSH. The mission of the QMMC is to provide infrastructure and support for multi-disciplinary, collaborative, translational qualitative and mixed methods research. Founded in 2019 and co-directed by Drs. Lauren Jodi Van Scoy and Heather Stuckey, the QMMC provides three services lines for supporting research projects and other scholarship that involves qualitative and mixed methods. The QMMC was launched as an institutional core in 2022.

The QMMC provides three main services: 1) Study Design/Consultation; 2) Education; and 3) Implementation Services.

Study Design/Consultation: For every consult request, a QMMC faculty director works with each investigator(s) to review study objectives and aims, and provide guidance on how best to incorporate qualitative and/or mixed methods practices to meet the goals of the project.

Education: QMMC directors and staff host regular didactics, workshops, trainings, and customized sessions to support the training of investigators interested in qualitative and mixed methods. 

Implementation Services: All QMMC staff are trained in rigorous qualitative and mixed methods research procedures, including interviewing, transcription, coding, assistance with qualitative and mixed methods aspects of IRB, and other research support.

VISION: To improve the scope, quality, and rigor of qualitative and mixed methods clinical and translational research at PSCOM/PSHealth

MISSION: Provide infrastructure and support for multi-disclipinary, collaborative, clinical and translational research that involves qualitative and mixed methods

Leadership

Heather Stuckey, D. Ed.|Co-Director

Lauren Jodi Van Scoy, MD|Co-Director

Staff

Candace Bordner, MS|Research Project Manager 

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