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The Statistical Consulting Collaboration Center & You. Guy Brock SPHIS / SON Research Summit 11/13/09. StCC Current Members. Doug Lorenz, MS Alex Cambon , MS Savi Appana , MS Guy Brock, PhD, Director. Current Goals.
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The Statistical Consulting Collaboration Center & You Guy Brock SPHIS / SON Research Summit 11/13/09 Guy Brock, StCC
StCC Current Members • Doug Lorenz, MS • Alex Cambon, MS • SaviAppana, MS • Guy Brock, PhD, Director Guy Brock, StCC
Current Goals • To build collaborative relationships with investigators throughout the HSC (and UofL in general) to conduct innovative studies and engage in thorough, sophisticated analysis with groundbreaking results • Will settle for fundable and publishable Guy Brock, StCC
How do we accomplish this? • Key to success – build strong collaborative relationships • You build off our strengths, we build off yours, and we share ideas • Need grant submissions to support % effort and RIF to make this a reality Guy Brock, StCC
Our Expertise • Study Design & Development • Analysis & Modeling • Dissemination of Results Guy Brock, StCC
Study Design & Development • Design studies, protocol development • Frame research questions • Develop data collection instruments • Compute sample sizes and conduct power analyses • Write statistical analysis plans Guy Brock, StCC
Analysis & Modeling • Descriptive statistics and simple hypothesis testing • Categorical data analysis • Linear, generalized linear, and mixed effects models • Survival analysis • Multivariate and longitudinal data • Exploratory data analysis (clustering techniques, tree-based model fitting) • Bioinformatics, statistical genetics Guy Brock, StCC
Dissemination of Results • Scientific reports and Manuscript preparation • Methods, Results, Discussion • Publication quality Tables and Graphs Guy Brock, StCC
How we support ourselves • GRANTS!! • Grant development free of charge, provided adequate % effort on grant • Fee for service (less attractive) • hourly basis • Initial consultation is free • Walk-in clinic from 10-12 every Friday is free of charge Guy Brock, StCC
StCC Policies • Co-author inclusion irrespective of support mechanism • Full statement of policies at http://louisville.edu/sphis/bb/stcc Guy Brock, StCC
Examples of Collaborations • Community-Acquired Pneumonia • Transplantation / Liver Disease • Oncology / Surgery • Cancer Genetics Guy Brock, StCC
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Guy Brock, StCC
Transplantation / Liver Disease Guy Brock, StCC
Oncology / Surgery Guy Brock, StCC
A Possibility to Get Started • Utilize existing (publicly available) databases • Many grant mechanisms support secondary data analysis • R15, R21, R03, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation • Use these to provide prelim results to support other grant submissions Guy Brock, StCC
Catalysts for Research Ideas Guy Brock, StCC
Thank you Guy Brock, StCC