Mission

BERD aims to

1. Provide study design and analytic advice, grant development services, and analytic support for broad constituencies.
2. Educate learners across the academic learning health system (aLHS) to develop skills in research methods, design, biostatistics, and epidemiology relevant to a range of translational research questions.
3. Develop novel tools and methods for addressing barriers to the conduct of clinical and translational research projects, with an emphasis on the aLHS.

Services

• Consulting Unit for grants and data analyses:
  • Fill out our Service Request Form and select "Biostatistical Core" / Download FAQs 
• Weekly Monday-Thursday open office hours: Learn More 
• Monthly lunch and learn series: Learn More
• Qualitative Patient Reported Outcome (Q-PRO):
  • See the Wake Forest School of Medicine's Q-PRO page
• Bi-annual research methods short course: Learn More
• Bi-annual methods conference: Details coming soon!

Leadership

Walter Ambrosius, PhD, Director of BERD Program

Tim Craven, MS, Senior Biostatistician

Elizabeth Jensen, PhD, Associate Program Leader for Education

James Lovato, MS, Senior Biostatistician

Joseph Rigdon, PhD, Associate Director for Consulting

Gregory Russell, MS, Assistant Director for Consulting

Q-PRO Leadership:

Erin Lynne Sutfin, PhD,Associate Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy

Lynne Wagner, PhD, Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy

Questions/Comments