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ALOPECIA DATABASE. Peter Claise & Barbara Visher Vanderbilt University Department of Biomedical Engineering. Advisors: Dr. Lloyd King Dr. Jennifer Dempsey Dr. Sara Whitehead. My Head is FREEZING!!. Male Pattern Baldness Alopecia Areata ~equal in males and females
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ALOPECIA DATABASE Peter Claise & Barbara Visher Vanderbilt University Department of Biomedical Engineering Advisors: Dr. Lloyd King Dr. Jennifer Dempsey Dr. Sara Whitehead
My Head is FREEZING!! • Male Pattern Baldness • Alopecia Areata • ~equal in males and females • 1.7% of the population • 4 Million in the U.S.A. • Childhood • Psychologically devastating • Alopicia Totalis/Universalis
TIME TABLE Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr Alopecia background xxx research Assess Client needs xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx & possible solutions Familiarize ourselves xxx xxx with Access Develop database xxx xxx template Debug/Finalize xxx xxx Written Report xxx
GOALS • Accessible • Aesthetically pleasing • Easily Manipulated • Organize, store and compile • Assess genotypic correlations
WORK TO DATE • Background Research - Hair Loss • Assessment of Customer Needs • Familiarized with VA computer network
CURRENT WORK • Developing programming skills using Microsoft Access • Implementing client questionnaire into database framework • Producing database template for advisor approval
FUTURE WORK • Finalizing fields of Database • Creating password protection • Aesthetically pleasing platform • Debugging • Possible Web access
References • http://www.alopeciaareata.com/default2.asp • Dr. Russ Waitman • Wempen, Faithe. “Microsoft Access 2002: fast & easy”. Prima Publishing, CA. 2001. • http://images.google.com/images?q=baldness&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&start=20&sa=N