Qualitative, Evaluation and Stakeholder Engagement (Qual EASE) Research Services

Part of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Research on Healthcare Data Center, Qual EASE is directed by national qualitative expert and principal investigator Megan Hamm, PhD, who works individually with you on integrating qualitative methods into your research grant design. Qual EASE then provides all needed qualitative services from data collection and analysis, to your final deliverables. Please note that services are available for a fee and all include collaborative faculty effort.

Specific services include:

• Faculty PI consultation on study design, conceptualization and grant development
• Trained supervised staff for interview and focus group data collection
• Verbatim professional transcription services, supervised for accuracy
• In-Depth qualitative coding with intercoder reliability
• Qualitative data management and analysis
• Faculty PI and PhD-produced deliverables for reports and manuscripts

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