Biostatistics Support for MSCI Students and Graduates

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What type of support is available?

This is a resource for MSCI students who need biostatistical support for the completion of MSCI-related projects and/or preliminary data and preparation for grant proposals (e.g., a K Award level application, or VA Career Development Award).

As requested, this support may include workshops on statistical methods or computing resources.

Who is eligible for support?

At the moment, this service is for current MSCI students; however, it may be expanded to former MSCI students in the future if there is available time.

When is the support available?

Support is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please contact Thomas Stewart several weeks before any application or grant deadlines.

How do I get help?

Please send an email to Thomas Stewart at thomas.stewart@vanderbilt.edu.

Projects

#	Investigator	Project (toggle details)
14	Angela Weingarten	Manuscript Met in person to discuss analysis of a cohort of patients with Tetralogy of Fallot Recommended a time to event analysis Provided guidance on how to perform a time-to-event analysis
8	James Wood	Project Provided comments and answered questions regarding his data analysis project
11	Joshua Chew	Grant submission Provided feedback and answered questions about an analysis for a training grant. Discussed small sample size issues. Provided suggestions about survival analysis and equivalence.
4	Justin Gregory	Manuscript GOAL: Explore potential differences in insulin resistance between diabetes drugs. Initial in-person meeting
3	Kamran Idrees	Manuscript
13	Katherine Bachmann	Grant submission Reviewed sample size calculations Provided feedback on analysis plan Performed a simulation study of analysis plan Provided simulation results for several scenarios
6	Mark Clay	Pilot study, K-award application Goal: Generate data analysis plan which assesses correlations between thermographic imaging data and cardiac ouput (measured as the difference between mixed veinous saturation and systemic saturation) Initial in-person meeting
7	Michael Dewan	Manuscript Goal: meta-analysis comparing two surgical treatments for children with brain tumors guidance on data collection
5	Peter J. Morone	Review of stats in Brain Aneurysm Foundation Grant 2016-05-03 Provided feedback on statistical analysis plan
15	Peter J. Morone	Manuscript Provided feedback on analysis and manuscript
16	Rebekah Nevel	Manuscript Met in person to discuss analysis of Vanderbilt registry of pediatric patients. Provided feedback on how to report outcomes for a project with very few patients. Generated statistical graphic
12	Sarah Fuchs	MSCI project and manuscript Met in person to discuss analysis of registry data of paediatric congenital heart defect patients. Goal is to describe incidence of ventricular arrhythmia (VA) following surgery. Also hope to tease out the associations of VA and mortality. Discussed the need for a clearly defined time zero. Recommended a survival analysis with time dependent covariates. Will work on analysis with TA and instructor during upcoming Biostatistics II course. Recommended 90 hour voucher after the completion of the biostatistics course because the analysis method is advanced. Had follow-up meeting to discuss issues with analysis of data.
9	Scott Huber	Clinical study Provided feedback and answered questions about an ongoing clinical study. Scott was preparing for a VICTR studio.
10	Tarsheen Sethi	Studio presentation Provided feedback and answered questions about an ongoing clinical study in preparation for a studio review. Discussed appropriate statistical tests and graphics
1	Tony Hernandez	K23 Provided comments about statistical analysis plan Provided feedback during in-person meeting
2	Wes Clark	Manuscript Initial in-person meeting Created Alfresco site for project Discussed initial analyses Follow-up meetings to discuss analysis Follow-up analyses