People

Data Liaisons and Uploaders

Roles and Responsibilities

Each site should establish a data liaison that is the primary contact responsible for data coordination tasks and triage. Teams should also establish individuals who will be responsible for transferring data files to Sage. This should be someone familiar with R or Python because the files will need to be uploaded programmatically.

Synapse Accounts

• Team members that will be involved in data contribution and attributed on the portal need to register for a Synapse account. Profiles should include your full name, institution, photo, and a brief bio.

• Uploaders must become Certified Users and request membership to the MODEL-AD Data Upload Team.

• Synapse accounts will be

  • Linked with the grant in the portal (eg, U54AG054345)

  • Added to the Explore People page

  • Featured on the AD Knowledge Portal homepage (profile photo required)