Open Consultation Hours
Open consultation hours are available to any medical center employee or faculty member who is seeking assistance with project ideas. No appointment is necessary.
Locations and times are listed below.
Innovation Qtr.,
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CTSI Offices,
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Pre-Award / Grant Development
Biostatistical and epidemiological support will be available to faculty for proposal development. Activities may include hypothesis development, statistical methods, sample size estimation, and completing a statistical section for grant applications. Specific examples include:
- Addressing statistical aspects of study design
- Selecting best study type (case-control, cohort, trial, etc.)
- Defining a sampling strategy
- Estimating sample size and power
- Developing statistical analysis plans
- Choosing database platforms
- Preparing grants (e.g., statistical methods and results)
- Other pre-award related biostatistical and epidemiological issues
Researchers seeking pre-award support in the preparation for a grant submission may receive free pre-award support on the condition that post-award support be included in the grant budget.
Post-Award / Data Analysis
Post-award activities may include data entry and management, data analysis, interpretation, and preparation of results for publications and presentations. Specific examples include:
- Choosing database platforms
- Preparing data for analysis
- Analyzing existing data
- Interpreting data and results
- Preparing manuscripts and grants (e.g., statistical methods and results)
- Other post-award related biostatistical or epidemiological issues
Services are billed on an hourly basis. Faculty level biostatistical support is $145/hour and master’s level support is $95/hour. A chartfield is required prior to service.
Biostatistics FAQs
It depends on the type of assistance requested. For anything with a deadline (grants, abstracts, etc.), we need to receive requests at least 60 days prior to the submission date. This allows us to manage staffing levels and ensure that there is time to provide input on the study design. For requests without a deadline (papers, analysis, etc.), please get in touch with us as early as possible.
Statistical assistance with grant development is provided for free for WFUSM faculty provided that the Biostatistics Core is included in the grant budget.
Note: development of industry contracts will be billed on an hourly basis upon successful receipt of contract. These funds should be built into the industry contract.
Note: development of industry contracts will be billed on an hourly basis upon successful receipt of contract. These funds should be built into the industry contract.
All post-award work will be billed at an hourly rate. This includes data entry, data management, meetings, data analysis, programming, writing, editing, paper revisions, etc.
These rates reflect current salary, fringe, and the PHS computing fees.
If we are assisting with a grant, we will need a description of all available pilot data, proposed study design, an idea of the feasible sample size, and any other relevant information. If we are assisting with data analysis, we will need the data (preferably electronically, in a format such as an Excel spreadsheet; we will be happy to discuss how best to do this) and the questions of interest.
We have developed a set of web-based power calculators. SAS is used behind the scenes as the computational engine. Existing designs include correlation, one-sample t-tests, two-sample t-tests, paired t-tests, one sample frequencies, two-sample frequencies, and paired frequencies. Also available is a series of questions to aid investigators in the selection of calculator.
We also recommend two free programs that can be downloaded from the web, G*Power and PS. As always, we encourage investigators to consult with a statistician when there are questions about these calculations.
We also recommend two free programs that can be downloaded from the web, G*Power and PS. As always, we encourage investigators to consult with a statistician when there are questions about these calculations.
Budgets are created in a collaborative manner. We will work with the investigator to establish a scope of work and will budget accordingly. If there is only a fixed amount of money available, we will discuss what can be accomplished for that amount.
Biostatistics Core is not a replacement for the collaborative research done in the Department of Biostatistical Sciences (DBS) but an alternative arrangement for projects with more limited involvement of DBS faculty and staff. We generally spend much less time on a project that comes through Biostatistics Core than if we were receiving FTE-based support. Whether an individual project should be handled through Biostatistics Core or through DBS as an FTE-based collaboration will be discussed. Factors to consider would be project size and duration and whether a DBS faculty member is available for an FTE-based collaboration.
We will evaluate rates on an annual basis and will change them if necessary when salaries increase (October 1). We will bill at the current rates.
We would like to know! Please email Haiying Chen (hchen@wakehealth.edu). If your grant has been funded, please allocate Biostatistics Core services as Lab Services, expense account code 423013, in the award budget established by the Controller’s Office.
We record hours on a weekly basis with each week starting on a Monday. Bills are generated on a monthly basis. The number of weeks per bill will vary slightly but will usually be either 4 or 5. For weeks that cross fiscal years, we will use the Monday to determine the fiscal year in which a given week will be billed. Bills for internal clients will be submitted through the Controller’s Office. External clients will be billed by mail or email.