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Members
Nancy Perrin
- Longitudinal data analysis
- Quasi-experimental design and analyses
- Psychometrics
- Gender-based violence
- Analysis of EMR data
Chakra Budhathoki
- Randomized controlled trials
- Meta-analysis
- Mixed modeling
- HIV/AIDS
- Cardiovascular disease
Ginger Hanson
- Multi-level regression – nested designs
- Measurement development – factor analysis
- Cluster analysis
- Social network analysis
- Work and health
- Gender-base violence
Biostatisticians’ Goals When Working with You
- Enhance the integrity and validity of your study
- Ensure the design has strong internal validity and, if possible, external validity
- Specific aims
- Measurement quality
- Sampling plan
- Randomization procedures
- Data management
- Statistical power
- Appropriate analyses
Start Working with Us Early and Always!
- Early in proposal development stage is the best
- Studies have problems, that is OK
- Definitely consult with a statistician before making changes and hoping for the best
- If biostatisticians are active collaborators on the project, they can sometimes see trouble ahead and help to prevent or alleviate it
- Involve us in database design and data management approach
- We are an important part of the DSMB
- We love to do complex analyses but in reality that is a very small part of how we spend our time on a project
- Grant Proposals
- Role of Co-Investigator on the proposal
- Biostatistician role in proposal development
- Align aims, methods, and analyses
- Conduct preliminary study analyses, if needed
- Conduct power analyses
- Write the analysis section of proposals
- Review the budget to ensure support for data management, data cleaning, and analyses
- Analyses for Manuscripts and Presentations
- We are able to help depending on the scope of the request
- Best approach
- Meet with Nancy Perrin to discuss what is needed, devise analysis plan, and timeline
- Work will be assigned to a Biostatistics Core member based on interest, expertise, and workload
- Depending on the amount involvement in the project, the biostatistician may be considered for co-authorship
- Research Design and Analysis Seminars
- Monthly seminars
- Measurement
- Data Management
- Mediators and Moderators
- Adaptive Trials
- Pragmatic Trials
- Cluster Randomized Trials
- Observational Methods
- PROMIS Measures
- Considering having mini-courses that go more in-depth on certain topics
- Possible credit for student
- Monthly seminars
- Support for Graduate Students
- PhD NRSA Proposal Support
- Student works with one Biostatistics Core member on the proposal
- The Student, Adviser, and Biostatistician reach agreed upon aims, research design, and analysis plan
- Help with power analyses, writing of the analysis section
- Need to begin working together at least 45 days prior to the submission date
- PhD Dissertation
- Goal is to have students participate in the data management training and working group so they can do their own data management under guidance
- If analyses are complex, it is recommended a Biostatistics Core member is on the committee
- If no biostatistician on the PhD committee, Biostatistics Core will provide basic consultation
- DNP Students
- The DNP program has statistical support integrated into the course of study. DNP students should direct requests for statistical support to the faculty for 817 and/or 818 and their DNP project advisors
- PhD NRSA Proposal Support
- Data Management and Post-Award Support
- Train project staff in data management, data cleaning, and data integrity (TBD)
- Hold monthly or bimonthly working group of project staff to discuss issues in recruitment, retention, and data management (TBD)
- Develop a pool of trained and mentored statistical analysts that can be written into grants (NP)
- Involving Students in Biostatistics Core
- 3-4 students who have demonstrated experience with data management and data analysis
- After completing a test project, students are assigned to a project and mentored by a Biostatistician
- Students and Biostatistics Core meet together to discuss ongoing projects
- Students may be able to help with analyses of manuscripts and presentations when there is no funding available
- Could satisfy a Research Residency
- Recorded Workshops