The Biostatistics Shared Resource (BSR) provides outstanding biostatistical support in the design, conduct and analysis of research studies in basic, clinical and population-based sciences in collaboration with UW Carbone members.
Requests for all services must come through the web portal request system. It is not necessary to be an ICTR member to receive biostatistics support as a UWCCC member.
Contact Us
Faculty Leader: Lu Mao, PhD
BSR Manager: Roxana Alexandridis, PhD
Location: WARF 2nd Floor, 610 Walnut St., Madison, WI 53726
Services
This is an accordion element with a series of buttons that open and close related content panels.
Consult on the planning and experimental design of studies
- Advise on appropriate experimental design
- Problem definition and statistical methodology
- Definition of study endpoints
- Sample size requirements
- Definition of data items required
- Determination of randomization and stratification
Offer the following for clinical and population-based studies
- Selection of study subjects and appropriate control groups
- Recruitment strategies
- Availability of data from related studies
- Design of case report form
Assist in the conduct of studies
- Monitoring of studies
- Data management or electronic transfer of data from other related studies
- Development of systems for quality control, progress reports, and presentation of interim analyses
Analyze completed studies
- Determination of appropriate statistical methodology
- Production of final study reports including graphs and tables or other summaries suitable for presentation and publication
- Interpretation of statistical results, appropriate documentation and relevant literature
Using the Facility
- A basic level of consulting/collaborative support is provided free of charge to all peer-reviewed, cancer-related projects. UWCCC members who require more extensive biostatistical support are expected to provide funding through individual grants, usually by including effort, salary and computing support for the biostatistician.
- All consulting/collaborative support for non-peer-reviewed projects must be fully funded from appropriate source.
- Requests for statistical collaboration must be received at least two months prior to submission.
Acknowledgments
Funding received from the UWCCC Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) for published research, including the use of UWCCC Shared Resources to generate or analyze data, or conduct clinical trials, needs to reference the UWCCC. See Acknowledging UWCCC in Publications, Posters, and Presentations. Please acknowledge “UWCCC Biostatistics Shared Resource” for any work supported by the BSR. Thank you!
Sample Acknowledgment
“The author(s) thank the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center Cancer Pharmacology Laboratory, supported by P30 CA014520, for use of its facilities and services.”