Request form for Biostatistics services
Masonic Cancer Center Biostatistics core
Web site: http://www.cancer.umn.edu/for-researchers/shared-resources/biostatistics-bioinformatics
Requests for assistance will be placed in order of priority as listed below:
1. Projects that provide funding for statisticians in the Biostatistics Core
2. Grant preparation and applications
3. Protocol preparation
4. Data analysis
5. Non-cancer related projects
Services We Offer:
Planning
§ Review background and rationale
§ Identify hypotheses, endpoints, and covariates
§ Design experiments and surveys
§ Estimate sample size and calculate power
§ Assist database development
§ Write statistical considerations components of grants and research protocols
§ Develop early stopping rules for clinical trials
Monitoring
§ Process, store, and retrieve data
§ Monitor accrual
§ Conduct interim analysis
§ Assist with continuation/stopping decisions
Analysis
§ Conduct statistical analysis
§ Assist with interpretation of results
§ Recommend presentation methods
§ Author statistical analysis component of manuscripts
Expectations:
Grant preparation consultations with a statistician should be initiated no later than 30 days prior to the due date. Funded projects requiring statistical support need to include a statistician in their budget (percent effort negotiable depending on the complexity of the analyses).
All manuscripts using data analyzed by a Biostatistician in our core are required to be reviewed by that statistician before submissions. Manuscripts reporting statistical methods and analyses carried out by statisticians are to include the statistician as a co-author.
Please complete the following form with as much detail as possible and return to Rachel Matthes at . A statistician will contact you within 6 business days to give you an estimated start date. Most projects will be started within 1-3 weeks of the first contact date, except for grant applications which could be sooner. If you have any questions regarding this form, you may contact Rachel Matthes, at 612-626-6032.
Contact Information:
Date:
Name of Investigator:
Contact Information:
Alternative contact person:
Alternative contact information:
Is this a Cancer-related project (yes/no)?
Are you a Cancer Center member (yes/no)?
If not, is there a member who is affiliated with this project?
* We are able to take projects with non-Cancer Center members
Project Title:
Short Description/Primary Aim/Major Hypothesis:
How will your research be funded?
Federal Government (NIH, DOD, NASA, NSF, Other)
Business and Industry
Local Government
Departmental Contract (BMT, OBGYN)
Foundation
Private or Volunteer Organization
Cancer-related Protocol or Grant Application (CCSG)
I need assistance identifying and securing funding
Other
Project type:
Grant writing/preparation
Funding Agency:
Deadline:
Protocol writing
Deadline:
Data analysis
Is data collection complete (yes/no)?
Is this project for a degree program (yes/no)?
If yes, name advisor:
Deadline:
IRB Approval
IRB #:
Additional Comments:
NOTE: Please attach relevant references, methods, proposals and de-identified data. This will expedite the process and help us estimate a more accurate time frame.