The Biostatistics Shared Resource (BSR) of the Massey Cancer Center plays a vital role in supportingresearch of the Cancer Center. Faculty members in the shared resource are essential collaborators witheach of the research programs. The mission of the shared resource is to promote excellence in cancerresearch at the Cancer Center by supporting a biostatistics faculty dedicated to cancer research thatprovides outstanding biostatistical support and collaboration to Cancer Center members. The definingattribute of this shared resource has been to provide biostatistical support to the Cancer Center researchersright from the experimental design stage and to continue the support and guidance for sample sizerequirements and power calculations, study plan development, analysis of the requirement of the statisticaldesign, development of randomization and stratification procedures, interim analyses, analysis of completedresults, presentation of research findings, and, ultimately, in the submission of scientific publications.Biostatisticians also participate in the oversight of Cancer Center protocols in the PRMS and MonitoringCommittees. The emphasis on the collaborative nature of the work of this shared resource has been a majorfactor in optimizing the effectiveness of the resource and it has resulted in gaining support from peerreviewedgrants. In addition to collaboration at all levels in research projects and grant applications, facultymembers of this shared resource also contribute to the Cancer Center through methodological research thatapplies directly to programmatic research at the Cancer Center and in training of investigators throughseminars and individual sessions and training of postdoctoral scientists and clinical fellows through theClinical Research and Biostatistics training track. Support from the CCSG is critical to continued provision ofhigh quality statistical input at the earliest phases of the research projects under consideration at the CancerCenter.
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