Current Priorities in the Department of Biostatistics

• Faculty recruitment: Recruit leader and support staff for Data Coordinating center; recruit PhD Associate and Assistant Professors.

• Staff recruitment: Recruit Biostatisticians I, II and III.

• Financial management: A number of measures have been undertaken to achieve budget goals for FY07. Budget work for FY08 has begun and anticipated due date for the new budget is 2-21-07.
  • We will request credits for professional development support from collaborative departments by January 20, 2007.
  • Restricted center cash management is a high priority; I have contacted VA and State reps.

• Payroll management: January 16 is next deadline and, as usual, several changes are required.

• Grants and contracts management: The department database (dbconnect) is an excellent resource and contains updated information about projects (Fed and non-Fed).

• Space and Facilities: Plans are to use available space in the 2525 West End building until the new building is available (2009).

• Public Relations
  • Department newsletter
  • LCD screen in hallway

• General:
  • Articles in The Reporter about new faculty and other happenings
  • Articles critiquing published papers
  • Ongoing series of articles "What Went Wrong?"
  • Hire a "data cleanup" programmer
  • Create a "one stop shop" for data management, cleaning, and analysis