Population-based cANcer Data and Analytics (PANDA)

Overview of Services

PANDA provides infrastructure and analytic support for population-based cancer research at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. PANDA helps investigators access, manage, link, and analyze population-based cancer datasets to study cancer surveillance, treatment access, and survival in western Pennsylvania and across the United States using datasets such as SEER-Medicare, the Pennsylvania Cancer Registry (PACR), Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) hospital discharge data, the National Cancer Database (NCDB), and the UPMC Network Cancer Registry, along with area-level and geospatial data relevant to the Hillman catchment area. PANDA provides consultation on study design and data selection, assistance with data management and linkage, analytic dataset creation, population-level and geospatial analyses, and support for manuscripts and grant applications. 

Location and Hours of Operation

UPMC Cancer Pavilion Suite 4C, 5150 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Services coordinated by appointment; requests reviewed during regular business hours

Resources

Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Lindsay Sabik
Faculty Director
 

 
lsabik@pitt.edu
 

 
Kathryn Demanelis
Associate Faculty Director
 

 
demanelisk@upmc.edu
 

 
Alex Eubank
Facility Manager
 

 
alexandraeubank@pitt.edu
 

 
PANDA
General Email
 

 
panda.hcc@pitt.edu
 

 

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