BIOSTATISTICAL SUPPORT UNIT

这个子项目是利用由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和调查员(PI)可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可能会出现在其他CRISE条目中。列出的机构是针对中心的，而不一定是针对调查员的机构。经验一再表明，统计学家及早参与研究项目的构思和设计总是会使实验更加有力和富有成果。这种参与将对加强研究基础设施以及提高杰克逊州立大学(JSU)的生物医学研究质量非常重要。因此，我们建议建立生物统计支持股(BSU)作为核心设施，为RCMI和其他与健康相关的项目的研究人员及其研究生和本科生提供现代统计咨询和技术，以支持他们当前和未来的生物医学研究。该股旨在提供统计咨询的所有方面，包括：实验设计、数据分析、结果解释、数据库设计和管理、数据录入和出版。还将组织该设施，以确保向环境健康和生物医学项目的调查人员以及联合苏黎世大学其他健康相关研究中心的调查人员提供更好的生物统计服务。因此，这一核心机构的总体使命是为所有生物医学研究人员和学生提供咨询服务，并促进JSU教职员工之间的跨学科生物医学研究合作。拟议中心的具体目标是：1)加强联合州立大学的生物医学研究基础设施；2)向参与生物医学研究的RCMI调查人员、其他教员、研究生和本科生提供统计支持；3)通过在研究的各个方面使用统计方法，促进高质量研究的发展；4)增加非裔美国人和其他少数族裔科学家在生物统计学方面的人数；5)继续为参与学徒计划的研究生和本科生以及暑期高中生提供培训机会；6)加强现有地理信息系统实验室的研究能力，特别是在数据分析和管理领域。预计BSU核心的开发将大大加强生物医学研究基础设施，以及杰克逊州立大学RCMI和其他生物医学项目产生的科学出版物的质量。BSU的目标是部分自给自足，通过咨询产生的资金，辅之以大学资金和为跨学科研究获得的赠款资金。与资助研究项目的研究人员进行所有咨询将收取每小时70美元的使用费。此外，随着提案的制定，将包括适当的统计支助费用。最初的咨询最多一小时是免费的，但一旦确定了项目，如果需要更广泛的服务，客户将获得咨询成本的估计。BSU产生的所有资金将用于支持BSU的活动。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Experience has repeatedly shown that early involvement of statisticians in the conceptualization and design of research projects invariably makes the experiments more powerful and fruitful. Such involvement would be very important in strengthening the research infrastructure, as well as enhancing the quality of biomedical research at Jackson State University (JSU). We therefore propose the establishment of the Biostatistical Support Unit (BSU) as a core facility to provide investigators in the RCMI and other health-related programs, and their graduate and undergraduate students, with modern statistical consulting and technology to support their current and future biomedical research. The Unit is designed to provide all aspects of statistical consulting including: design of experiments, analysis of data, interpretation of results, database design and management, data entry and publication. The facility would also be organized to ensure better biostatistics services to investigators in environmental health and biomedical programs as well as investigators in other health related research centers at JSU. Therefore, the overall mission of this core facility is to provide consulting services to all biomedical researchers and students, as well as to foster interdisciplinary biomedical research collaborations among JSU faculty. The specific aims of the proposed core are: 1) to strengthen the biomedical research infrastructure at JSU; 2) to provide statistical support to RCMI investigators, other faculty, graduate and undergraduate students involved in biomedical research; 3) to contribute to the development of high quality research by employing statistical methods in all aspects of the research; 4) to increase the number of African Americans and other minority scientists in biostatistics; 5) to continue to provide training opportunities to graduate and undergraduate students, and summer high school students involved in apprenticeship programs; and 6) to enhance the research capabilities of the existing GIS laboratory, especially in the areas of data analysis and management. It is expected that the development of the BSU core will highly strengthen the biomedical research infrastructure, as well as the quality of scientific publications generated from RCMI and other biomedical programs at Jackson State University. The goal of the BSU is to become partially self sufficient with funds generated by consulting, supplemented by both university funds and grant funds obtained for interdisciplinary research. User fees of $ 70 per hour will be charged for all consultation with investigators who have grant supported research programs. Also, as proposals are developed, appropriate fees for statistical support will be included. The initial consultations up to an hour will be free, but once the project has been defined, the client will be given an estimate of the cost of the consultation if more extensive services is needed. All funds generated by the BSU will be used to support activities in the BSU.