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Personnel Services Core – Biostatistics and Q-PRO

Personnel Services Core – Biostatistics and Q-PRO Overview of Services

The focus of the Biostatistics Shared Resource (BSSR) is to collaborate with and provide support to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center members by providing analytical expertise and rigor that enhances peer-reviewed research to reduce the incidence of cancer, improve response and survival, reduce morbidity, manage symptoms, improve health-related quality of life and translate important laboratory discoveries into clinical practice.

The mission of the Qualitative and Patient-Reported Outcomes (Q-PRO) Shared Resource is to enrich science and improve health by amplifying perspectives on complex and underexplored health, system, and societal challenges.

Biostatistics Shared Resource (BSSR)

The focus of the BSSR is to collaborate with and provide support to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center members by providing analytical expertise and rigor that:

  • Enhance peer-reviewed research to reduce the incidence of cancer.
  • Improve response and survival.
  • Reduce morbidity.
  • Manage symptoms.
  • Improve health-related quality of life.
  • Translate important laboratory discoveries into clinical practice.

The BSSR is responsible for methodological, statistical and analytical issues that may arise during projects. It is also responsible for computational issues, including study design, sampling, statistical aspects of clinical trial monitoring, interim reviews and final analyses.

These responsibilities are encompassed within the BSSR’s four goals:

  • Goal 1: Support investigator-initiated clinical protocol development, including developing appropriate statistical designs, preparing statistical sections, and reviewing the statistical content of protocols submitted for review to the Protocol Review Committee of the Comprehensive Cancer Center.
  • Goal 2: Provide operational and analytical support for clinical protocols, including monitoring patient accrual, providing support for quality assurance efforts, and performing interim and final analyses when needed.
  • Goal 3: Collaborate with Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators from all programs to provide statistical design and data analysis in support of grant development, abstracts, presentations and publications.
  • Goal 4: Provide leadership, education and training in support of the Comprehensive Cancer Center mission, including participation in graduate-level courses, T32-supported training grants, mentoring teams for K awardees and other young investigators, and leadership on committees responsible for scientific and administrative decisions for the Comprehensive Cancer Center, as well as conducting multiple seminar series on topics such as meta-analysis, survival analysis and early-phase adaptive designs for Comprehensive Cancer Center members.

Resource Leaders

Ralph B. D'Agostino Jr., PhD 

     Ralph B. D'Agostino Jr., PhD
     Director, Biostatistics Shared Resource
     Core Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center
     Professor, Biostatistics and Data Science
     336-716-9410
     rdagosti@wakehealth.edu

 

 

 

 

Symanowski

 

     Jim Symanowski, PhD
     Assistant Director, Biostatistics Shared Resource
     Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Data Sciences
     Levine Cancer Institute
     980-442-2371
     james.symanowski@atrumhealth.org

 

 

 

BSSR Citation Resources

Cite the P30 CCSG

The authors wish to acknowledge the support of the ATrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Biostatistics Shared Resource, supported by the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Center Support Grant award number P30CA012197. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

NIHMS Guidelines for Authors

Authors should also make sure that all publications are processed by the National Institutes of Health Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) to obtain a PubMed Central reference number (PMCID), per NIH guidelines.

External Funding Application “Facility” Description

Review the facility description of this Shared Resource on pages 2-5 of the  AHWFCCC boilerplate. 

Qualitative and Patient-Reported Outcomes Shared Resource

Mission

The mission of the Qualitative and Patient-Reported Outcomes (Q-PRO) Shared Resource is to enrich science and improve health by amplifying perspectives on complex and underexplored health, system, and societal challenges.

The Q-PRO Shared Resource supports population-focused research by providing pre-award scientific consultation to investigators, and research infrastructure to support both qualitative and patient-reported outcomes research for funded projects. We address the unmet needs for methodological expertise in qualitative research and patient-reported outcomes that promote translational research in clinical and community settings.

Services Provided

Initial consultations are provided at no cost to the investigator. All other services are provided for a fee. Submit a Q-PRO Service Request Form to initiate an estimate. For grant proposals, please reach out at least three weeks prior to submission. For funded projects, please reach out at least two months before any requested work begins.

Qualitative Research Services

  • Consultation on grant proposals
  • Consultation on interview guide and focus group guide development
  • Data collection (interviews, focus group moderation, usability testing, cognitive interviews)
  • Data analysis (thematic analysis, content analysis, framework analysis, grounded theory, report writing)
  • Manuscript and grant writing support
  • Training and mentoring on qualitative research methods 

Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) Measurement Services

  • Consultation on grant proposals
  • Methodological support in the design of patient-reported outcomes measurement

Services are available for all Atrium teammates across all locations, including the Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Levine Cancer Institute. 

Resource Leadership

 

     Erin Sutfin, PhD
     Q-PRO Director
     Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy
     336-713-5282
     esutfin@wakehealth.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Sarah Birken, PhD, MSPH
Q-PRO Assistant Director
Associate Professor, Implementation Science
336-713-3358
sbirken@wakehealth.edu

Q-PRO contact information for requesting services and questions:

Kimberly Wiseman, MS
Email: kwiseman@wakehealth.edu
Phone: 336-713-1446
Location: 525@Vine, #4136 

QPRO Citation Resources

Cite the P30 CCSG

The authors wish to acknowledge the support of the ATrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Qualitative and Patient-Reported Outcomes Shared Resource, supported by the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Center Support Grant award number P30CA012197. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

NIHMS Guidelines for Authors

Authors should also make sure that all publications are processed by the National Institutes of Health Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) to obtain a PubMed Central reference number (PMCID), per NIH guidelines.

External Funding Application “Facility” Description

Review the facility description of this Shared Resource on pages 2-5 of the  AHWFCCC boilerplate. 

Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Kimberly D Wiseman
Q-PRO Program Manager
 
336-713-1446
 
kwiseman@wakehealth.edu
 

 
Ralph B. D'Agostino Jr., PhD
Director of BSSR
 
336-716-9410
 
rdagosti@wakehealth.edu
 

 
Jim Symanowski, PhD
Assistant Director of BSSR
 
980-442-2371
 
james.symanowski@atrumhealth.org