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The Biostatistics Consulting and Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration Lab (Biostat CIRCL) is a group of biostatisticians who specialize in balancing rigorous statistical methodology with the complex challenges of interdisciplinary biomedical and public health research. The Biostat CIRCL is an organization that fosters research partnerships for biostatisticians as team scientists.
The College of Public Health Research Office (on behalf of CPH faculty) has established a partnership with the Biostat CIRCL that is intended to grow the CPH faculty research capacity for externally funded research as principal investigators. CPH faculty are encouraged to work with the Biostat CIRCL in unfunded phases of research in order to improve and accelerate projects that may lead toward external funding. CPH faculty have access to the Biostat CIRCL through two avenues: voucher applications and open consulting appointment.
Vouchers are designed to establish formal collaboration on a short-term project such as data analysis and statistical writing for a manuscript or study design for a single grant proposal. Any CPH faculty member can apply for a voucher, and vouchers are awarded based on availability and expertise of CIRCL biostatisticians (typically first come, first served). Vouchers are funded by the CPH Research Office; as such, individual investigators are not responsible for funding biostatistician time/effort. Biostatistician time varies from project to project. When a new voucher is awarded, the lead CIRCL biostatistician for the project will develop a Statistical Analysis Plan that describes in detail the planned statistical analyses. This document serves as the agreement of biostatistician time/effort. To submit a voucher application, go to: http://bit.ly/BiostatCIRCLvoucher.
Please contact BiostatCIRCL@l.uky.edu with any questions.
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