The Duke Translational Medicine Institute (DTMI) Biostatistics Core is featured this week. The Biostatistics Core is housed in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics. The Core is a team of faculty and staff biostatisticians with diverse and extensive experience in conducting a broad range of research projects. It supports an interdisciplinary network of clinical investigators conducting research at Duke by providing expertise in the implementation of statistical methodology.
It is essential for clinical researchers to understand basic statistical concepts and understand how to collaborate with statisticians. The Biostatistics Core offers seminars, workshops, office hours, and training programs focused on developing these interdisciplinary skills. The Biostatistics Core monthly applied seminar exposes statisticians and clinicians to new statistical methodology and resources. Presenters include Duke staff and faculty, as well as guests from other universities. Past seminars have included a REDCap demonstration by DOCR and an introduction on survey design by SSRI. Last fall, Dr. Sujit Ghosh, Professor of Statistics at NC State and Deputy Director of SAMSI, presented “A (small) Bag of Bayesian Tools for Biostatisticians.” Dr. Andrzej Kosinski from Duke gave a talk on generalized estimating equations (GEE).
The next seminar will be Tuesday, February 9th from 3-4pm in Hock Plaza 11025 and Dr. Maren Olsen will present "Association between bariatric surgery and long-term survival in veterans: an illustration of sequential stratification matching" Seminars are typically held the second Tuesday of the month 3-4pm in Hock Plaza 11025 and are open to anyone in the Duke community.