What we do
As a CCEB Service Center, the BAC provides biostatistical programming and analysis support across a wide range of research programs and medical disciplines, of any size and complexity. Whether the BAC supports a federally funded multi-year, multi-center research study or provides short-term analytic support for a departmentally-funded project, each project receives the specialized expertise needed to achieve its research goals, without having to consistently fund a full time person.
Analysis and Programming
- Primary or Secondary Biostatistical Analysis
- Statistical Modeling including Survival Analysis and Time Series
- Development and Production of Monitoring Reports for Clinical Trials
- Creation and Handling of Large Databases (Such as Penn Data Store, CMS)
- Data Management and Cleaning
Collaboration on Study Design and Proposal Development
- Development of Study Designs (all sizes and complexities)
- Sample Size Calculations / Power Calculations
- Budget Estimates / Letters of Support
- May be able to Assist Pairing with Biostatistics Faculty Member (for more complex grants)
Manuscript Support
- Creation of High-Resolution Tables, Charts, and Graphs
- Writing the Statistical Methods Section
- Editing and Checking
- May be able to Assist Pairing with Biostatistics Faculty Member (for more complex grants)
Research Domain Experience (but not limited to)
- Anesthesiology
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Dermatology
- Emergency Medicine
- Gastroenterology
- Infectious Diseases
- OB/Gynecology
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Pathology/Laboratory Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Pulmonary/Critical Care
- Psychology
- Radiation Oncology
- Rheumatology
- Urology