Biostatistics Support
The Office of Clinical Research (here) provides biostatistical support for non-grant and pre- and post-award clinical research projects, specializing in:
- clinical research design
- null hypothesis significance testing
- linear modeling
- data mining, tidying, and visualization
- manuscript, grant, abstract, and poster/podium presentation preparation
- Cerner Learning Health Network powered by Oracle - “a nationwide network of diverse health systems that share de-identified, real-world data to help advance clinical research and trials”
- Cosmos Data Model powered by Epic - “the largest integrated database of clinical information in the US”
To request biostatistical support, contact OCR at clinicalresearch [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (clinicalresearch[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu) or Phone: (202) 677-6845
Biostatistics Consulting Services
The Biostatistics and Epidemiology Consulting Service (BECS) provides biostatistical and epidemiologic support to improve the quality of health-related research conducted at the George Washington University and by affiliated research groups.
The BECS Quick Clinic is a free resource for GW-based faculty, medical residents and fellows, and staff working with GW faculty.
DC CFAR Biostatistical Services
The DC CFAR Clinical and Population Sciences Core (here) provides critical services for analytic plan development and data management.
- Direct consultation on study design for pre- and post-awards
- Multi-disciplinary group consultations
- Statistical methodology presentations
- Data management
- Data analysis support for high-impact papers
Software
Studies are typically built and managed using REDCap: The Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) application, and free training is available here.
R Software: R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows, and MacOS.
An additional resource for R users to assist with programming, creating graphics, and understanding output is: DataCamp.
GW Information Technology Research Technology Services provides a number of research technology services for GW students, faculty, staff and community members. These services support computationally intensive research computing and are designed to enhance the university's research and education goals. Learn more about high-performance computing, research and service development, shared research infrastructure and regulated environments and data protection.
Biostatistics Workshops
GW Gelman Library Data Services offers support, training and consultations on statistical analyses, data management, GIS, social media to Work with Data and Support with Programming and Coding. The Library also runs numerous workshops on research tools and skills, posted on their Events page.
NIH/ FAES offers a number of short-courses on coding, database, machine learning, bioinformatics, and computational analysis listed in the NIH Complete Course Catalog.
Biostatistics Courses at GW
The School of Public Health offers a variety of courses on R PUBH 6851; Python PUBH 6852; data analysis PUBH 6853; and quanttative methods PUBH 6868.
The Nursing School offers courses in Qualitative Research Methods NURS 8446
SMHS Occupational Therapy teaches Mixed Methods Research OT 8272