Major Collaborations

Collaboration as a member of the scientific team in medical and public health research projects constitutes the practice of biostatistics. Consultation on statistical design and analysis questions often blends seamlessly into methodologic research, as practical imperatives and the development of new technologies give rise to novel designs and data structures, which lead to new needs and opportunities for statistical investigation. The list below gives a few of the major projects on which Department of Biostatistics faculty are currently serving as statistical collaborators.


Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research on the causes, prevention, treatment and palliation of cancer.
Bagiella, Troxel, Cheung

HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies
Conducts innovative studies on reducing transmission of HIV in high risk groups, improving the quality of life for HIV positive persons, and determining the factors that reinforce unprotected sexual behavior in order to design sound interventions.
Levin, Paik

Department of Surgery
The REMATCH trial, a randomized, multi-center comparison of a left-ventricular assist device versus best medical management in the treatment of end-stage heart failure.
Meier, Weinberg

Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center
Research on the causes and treatment of developmental disorders of the nervous system.
Bagiella, Levin, Tang, Tsai

Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Rigorous scientific research on the effectiveness, safety and mechanisms of action of alternative and complementary medical remedies and practices.
Troxel

School of Dental and Oral Surgery
Conducts research on the causes, prevention and treatment of diseases of the mouth.
Begg, Bagiella, Parides

Department of Neurology, Stroke Center
Epidemiologic studies of the occurrence and recurrence of stroke.
Paik

Irving Center for Clinical Research
Columbia's federally funded general clinical research center, which provides scientific and technical support for the conduct of clinical trials involving in-patient treatment, care or data collection.
Du, Levin

Department of Neurology
The WARSS trial, a randomized, double-blind, multi-center trial comparing warfarin to aspirin for prevention of recurrent stroke.
Levin, Thompson

New York State Psychiatric Institute
Conduct studies on range of suicidal behavior, causes and prevention of suicide, neuroscience transition, adolescents eating disorder and lyme encephalopathy.
Ellis, Liu, Petkova, Waternaux

Mental Health Clinical Research Center in Schizophrenia Studies
Supports research on the causes of schizophrenia, by focusing on etiological factors occurring from prenatal life and their specific relationship to biological factors in adults who develop this disorder.
Begg, Desai

NIEHS Center for Environmental Health
Provide consultative expertise in study design, execution, data management and statistical analysis to investigators who are planning or conducting research through the Center. Located in the SAC.
Thompson, Levin, Levy

WARCEF-STAT (Warfarin vs Aspirin for Cardiac Low Ejection Fraction)
Data management and statistical operations for this NINDS-funded, double-blind 70-site randomized controlled trial are located within the SAC.
Thompson (PI), Levin