The CTSI-CN Biostatistics and Research Design group has years of experience providing best practices for study design and analysis to enable efficient, high impact translational studies. Our experts serve the research community by providing statistical consultation, analysis, and proposal development support at a reasonable cost, with the first 4 hours of support provided free to every investigator. Explore the services and education they offer below.
Our group creates and regularly adds presentations, videos, and links to a variety of study designs and analysis techniques that can be found within the CTSI-CN Virtual Organizer.
Want to learn more about research design? Visit the Virtual Organizer!
Core Services
Our team is trained on a variety of statistical techniques from basic hypothesis testing to advanced modeling techniques. We also provide power and sample size calculations and will write the methods sections for proposal submissions or manuscripts. We primarily program in SAS, Stata, and R, and regularly partner with Children’s and GW Informatics staff on Big Data analytic and reporting projects.
Want to learn more? Visit the Virtual Organizer.
Ready to schedule a consultation? Submit a Research Launcher request.
Our team provides expert consultations with investigators to assist with proposal development, including:
- Formulating aims and goals
- Hypothesis development
- Power and sample size calculations
- Developing methodology sections
- Critique and Review
Our experts have years of experience implementing a wide variety of study designs, including:
- Cohort and Case Control
- Longitudinal
- Survey instruments
- Single and Multi-site trials
- Adaptive designs
- Observational Studies
- Quality Improvement Studies
- Use of EMR data
- Sampling design
For investigators seeking data management support, we provide services including:
- Cohort and Case Control
- Designing Case Report Forms
- Building the data management plan
- Establishing range checks and missing data assessments
- Validation
- Report building
- DSMB support
- Setting up and implementing study follow-up
The team builds your data management system using either REDCap or OpenClinica© depending on need and requirements.
About Our Services
- Our Experts
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The CTSI-CN Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) team includes the Division of Biostatistics and Study Methodology (BSM) at CNH as well as the Biostatistics and Epidemiology Consulting (BECS) group at GW. We are a group of biostatisticians, both faculty and staff, faculty data scientists, epidemiologists, and data managers. Dr. Jim Bost is the Research Division Chief of BSM and Dr. Sam Simmens is the Director of BECS.
- Research Launcher Instructions
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All service requests can be made using the Research Launcher tool, where you will be connected with a CTSI-CN Navigator who can connect you with the experts from the BERD team.
If you are ready to request services, please submit a Research Launcher request.
- Pricing Structure
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- >=10%: Percent Effort or Hourly Rate
- >=5% but < 10% At least one year with 10% effort: Percent Effort or Hourly Rate
- >=5% but < 10% each year: Hourly Rate*
* Percent effort may be considered with prior approval by the Division Chief of BSM
- Data Manager: $80
- Data Analyst/Staff Biostatistician: $85
- Faculty Biostatistician: $135
- IT Systems Analyst: $105
- All requesters are permitted 4 hours of free consulting/analysis time. This includes meeting time and work time.
- If the work will result in a paper and DBSM faculty or staff are an author, additional free hours may be provided.
- If the work is to support a grant or other mechanism and DBSM staff or faculty will be funded if awarded, additional free hours may be provided.
- All NIH scholars are permitted up to 24 hours of free time per year.
- All CTSI-CN voucher participants are permitted up to 24 hours of free time.
- Extenuating circumstances for free time requests should be presented to the Division Chief who will then contact CTSI-CN leadership for approval.