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Mission Statement
Contribute to the research and teaching mission of the medical center
- through advancements in biostatistics, epidemiology and medicine
- by providing biostatistical and data management expertise and resources
The Section of Biostatistics and Epidemiology is comprised of three groups: Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and the Data Management Center.
Biostatistics
The Section of Biostatistics works closely with sections in the department and select other groups within the medical center on the development of new research protocols and the analysis of existing projects.
The biostatistics group provides special expertise in:
Study Planning
- Design
- Initial power analysis
Analysis
- Longitudinal
- Graphics
- Survival
- Time-series
- Meta-analysis
- Interim study analysis
Faculty
Sanjib Basu, PhD, Visiting Professor
Imke Janssen, PhD, Assistant Professor
Sue Leurgans, PhD, Conjoint Professor
DeJuran Richardson, PhD, Visiting Professor
Staff
Francisco R Angulo, MBA
fangul@cchil.org
Epidemiology
The Epidemiology Group specializes in two main areas. The first is women’s health, with particular emphases on the menopausal transition, psychosocial influences on early changes in cardiovascular risk, and decline in cognitive function as women age. The second is on the promotion of lifestyle changes that enhance cardiovascular health. The section features expertise in the design and conduct of behavioral randomized clinical trials.
Faculty
Art Evans - Conjoint Associate Professor
Tricia J Johnson, PhD – Conjoint Assistant Professor
Carlos F. Mendes de Leon, PhD, Conjoint Professor
Staff
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Top row from left to right:
Alethea Callier, Kelly Vrablic, Karla Shipp-Johnson, Eileen Fay
Bottom row from left to right:
Patricia Butler, Deidre Wesley
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Patricia Butler
Patricia_A_Butler@rush.edu
Eileen Fay, RN
Eileen_M_Fay@rush.edu
Karla Shipp-Johnson, BA
Karla_J_Shipp@rush.edu
Kelly Vrablic, BS
Kelly_Vrablic@rush.edu
Data Management Center
The Data Management Center (DMC) provides for the data management needs of the Department of Preventive Medicine as well as other select projects in the Rush community. The DMC staff has experience in research (randomized clinical trials, cohort studies, multi-site studies) and departmental administrative database systems.
The DMC specializes in:
- Initial Grant Start Up
- Write data management protocols and budgets
- Design and create printed or electronic Case Report Forms
- Design, program and maintain databases
- Create flow charts and protocols of data collection
- Produce Data Dictionaries and Standard Operation Procedures (SOP's)
- More as needed
- Study Data Collection
- Assist in randomization process
- Maintain database
- Ensure data security
- Provide data entry
- Ongoing quality assurance audits and queries
- Create custom internal/external reports
- More as needed
- Completion of Study/Abstracts/Papers
- Clean data
- Create data sets for analysis
- Assistance with graphics, tables and flow charts for slides/posters/papers
- Archive Data
- More as needed
For additional information, or for project requests e-mail or call
Gwen Brown at (312) 942-2337, gwendolyn_brown@rush.edu
Faculty
Glenda Kravitz, MS, Instructor, Director of Data Management Center (DMC)
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