The Biostatistics Core Facility serves as a centralized resource for statistical expertise and data management services for UAB investigators campus-wide. Three Centers within the institution support the Biostatistics Core Facility: The Center for AIDS Research, the Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Clinical Nutrition Research Center. Portions of time and effort for the Biostatistics Core Staff are dedicated to CFAR Activities. It is the mission of the Core to coordinate statistical activities in the Center to ensure that interested parties have access to statistical consultation and support. The staff members have broad expertise and experience in data management and statistical applications for clinical trials, as well as pre-clinical and behavioral research studies.

Statistical and Data Management Services Available:

Statistical consulting on study design including research proposal development, study endpoints, sample size determination, data collection form design, data management and quality control procedures, and plans for statistical reports and analyses.

• Statistical analysis and mathematical modeling
• Development and management of AIDS-related research databases
• Computer programming and data communications
• Statistical consulting on study design including research proposal development, study endpoints, sample size determination, data collection form design, data management and quality control procedures, and plans for statistical reports and analyses.
  

Biostatistics Core Background:

The Biostatistics Core for the Center for AIDS Research is a part of the larger Biostatistics Unit of the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, which provides statistical services and collaborative research support for the members of the Cancer Center. The Biostatistics Unit is headed by Dr. Seng-jaw Soong, Professor of Medicine and Biostatistics, and it comprises 10 biostatisticians, 9 of whom are faculty members, and 23 data processing and other support personnel. The Biostatistics Unit occupies a total space of over 8,500 square feet in the North Pavilion Building and Wallace Tumor Institute. The Unit provided support for more than 130 research projects last year and currently has an annual operating budget of over 3.0 million dollars. The Unit serves as Statistical Coordinating Center for several national clinical study groups, including NIAID Collaborative Antiviral Study Group, and the AIDS-Associated Malignancies Clinical Trial Consortium. The Unit also functions as Biostatistics Core for the Center for AIDS Research and the General Clinical Research Center in addition to the Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB.