R&E: Identifying and determining the effects of differential items functioning on the diagnostic accuracy of autism screeners
Project Description:
Dr. Eric Moody is a sub-recipient of this NIH R03 award through Georgia State University. He is co-investigator with Dr. Brian Barger on this 2-year research project, titled "Identifying and determining the effects of differential item functioning on the diagnostic accuracy of autism screeners."
Dr. Moody will serve as site Principal Investigator on this subaward. As such, he will have oversight for all administrative activities related to this subaward. He will also work with the whole team to conduct analyses and interpretation, manuscript preparation, research compliance, reporting and monitoring and all other administrative tasks. Dr. Moody has tremendous experience managing federal grants and budgets ranging from $3 million to $100,000. He also served as the SEED Implementation Coordinator for SEED I and a Co-Investigator for SEED II for the last 10 years. As such, he has extensive knowledge of the data structure of the data sets that will be used here, and the publication policies of the CDC that must be followed during the publication process. He will ensure that all manuscripts are produced in a timely manner and will shepherd each through the process.
Core Function(s):
Performing Research or Evaluation
Area of Emphasis
Quality Assurance, Health-Related Activities
Target Audience:
Professionals and Para-Professionals, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Specific Groups
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
National
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
