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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER CTSI

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER CTSI. BIOSTATISTICS EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RESEARCH DESIGN. Primary Personnel. Director of Key Function (From July 1) Sally Thurston (Biostatistics) Co-directors David Oakes (Biostatistics) Susan Fisher (Epidemiology)

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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER CTSI

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  1. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER CTSI BIOSTATISTICS EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RESEARCH DESIGN

  2. Primary Personnel • Director of Key Function (From July 1) Sally Thurston (Biostatistics) Co-directors David Oakes (Biostatistics) Susan Fisher (Epidemiology) Robert Holloway (Research Ethics)

  3. Objective • “To provide scientific leadership and expertise in the areas of epidemiological, biostatistical, and ethical methodology as they relate to the design, conduct and analysis of both observational and experimental studies developed within the CTSI infrastructure for translational and clinical research”

  4. Background • Well established Department of Biostatistics (now Biostatistics and Computational Biology) • Epidemiology is housed within the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine – also very strong, but organizationally separate from Biostatistics • Both departments report to the Medical School Dean (PI of CTSI) • No existing structure for advising on Research Ethics (other than GCRC, IRB)

  5. Priorities • Dissemination of new methodologies • Development of integrated structure to facilitate “one-stop” shopping for consultation involving Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Ethics • Development of web based architecture to track the nature, source, volume and progress of consulting requests • Tracking and evaluation of outputs (publications, grant submissions etc.) and investigator satisfaction • Strengthen and deepen educational contributions

  6. Organization: consulting service • New CTSI consulting service for BERD and Biomedical Informatics • “Gatekeeper” reviews consulting request and determines whether to send to Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Research Design, or Biomedical Informatics • Some requests eligible for free consultations (grant preparation, CTSI pilot project, etc) • When Web interface is complete, easy to track requests and contact investigator for evaluation

  7. Issues • Integration with existing collaborative and consulting structures and relationships • Relative emphasis on “routine” consulting versus methodological development and dissemination • Provision of collaborative services to consortium members at other institutions

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