Core - Biostatistics

Conaway, Mark

Abstract

The Biostatistics Core provides biostatistical, computing and data management services to all the CPRU investigators. The core provides statistical expertise in all stages of the projects, including initial design and sample size calculations, interim reporting and data analysis, and final analyses for the preparation of manuscripts based on the projects. Some projects require specialized statistical expertise; support for these analyses will be provided by statisticians assigned to those particular projects. The biostatistics core will be primarily responsible for integrating the statistical activities of all projects within the CPRU. The core is also responsible for developing, maintaining and coordinating the central database for the CPRU projects. It provides the programming expertise to create data forms, data entry screens and to integrate data from the different projects. The core also provides the essential services of merging, retrieving and transferring data from the central database, for use in creating the tailored intervention and telephone counseling materials.

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Type: Research Program Projects (P01)
• Project #: 1P01CA072099-01
• Application #: 5209588
• Support Year: 1
• Fiscal Year: 1996

Publications

Bosworth, Hayden B; Bastian, Lori A; Grambow, Steven C et al. (2005) Initiation and discontinuation of hormone therapy for menopausal symptoms: results from a community sample. J Behav Med 28:105-14

Bepler, Gerold; Zheng, Zhong; Gautam, Ashish et al. (2005) Ribonucleotide reductase M1 gene promoter activity, polymorphisms, population frequencies, and clinical relevance. Lung Cancer 47:183-92

Porter, Laura S; Keefe, Francis J; Lipkus, Isaac et al. (2005) Ambivalence over emotional expression in patients with gastrointestinal cancer and their caregivers: associations with patient pain and quality of life. Pain 117:340-8

Arredondo, Elva M; Pollak, Kathryn I; Costanzo, Philip et al. (2003) Primary care residents' characteristics and motives for providing differential medical treatment of cervical cancer screening. J Natl Med Assoc 95:576-84

Yarnall, Kimberly S H; Pollak, Kathryn I; Ostbye, Truls et al. (2003) Primary care: is there enough time for prevention? Am J Public Health 93:635-41

Bosworth, Hayden B; Bastian, Lori A; Rimer, Barbara K et al. (2003) Coping styles and personality domains related to menopausal stress. Womens Health Issues 13:32-8

Dominick, Kelli L; Skinner, Celette Sugg; Bastian, Lori A et al. (2003) Provider characteristics and mammography recommendation among women in their 40s and 50s. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 12:61-71

Keefe, Francis J; Ahles, Tim A; Porter, Laura S et al. (2003) The self-efficacy of family caregivers for helping cancer patients manage pain at end-of-life. Pain 103:157-62

Meissner, Helen I; Rimer, Barbara K; Davis, William W et al. (2003) Another round in the mammography controversy. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 12:261-76

Keefe, Francis J; Lipkus, Isaac; Lefebvre, John C et al. (2003) The social context of gastrointestinal cancer pain: a preliminary study examining the relation of patient pain catastrophizing to patient perceptions of social support and caregiver stress and negative responses. Pain 103:151-6