Welcome to the CRSU!
Investigators across the clinical, biomedical, and population health sciences can access support for study design, sample size/power calculation, data management, analysis, and manuscript revision. Some qualitative research support is also available. Requests to review funding applications are also welcome. Support is provided by doctoral-level biostatisticians and biostatistical graduate students at no charge. However, we welcome service fees from funded projects if they have the budget for statistical analyses.
The CRSU assists with about 110 research projects annually at varying stages of development, although early engagement in the research process is encouraged. Support requests can be initiated by completing the CRSU Intake Form.
The CRSU offers workshops and 1 credit unit short courses on the use of software to support quantitative and qualitative data analysis, as well as research data management. These include SAS, SPSS, Stata, NVivo, R, Excel, and meta-analysis.
Departments within the College of Medicine aiming to encourage the development of quantitative or qualitative research knowledge/skills among their faculty and residents can request academic presentations on related topics of interest from CRSU staff.
Please note: About one week is required before an initial appointment can be made. Given the frequent overlap of multiple requests during peak periods, about three weeks may be required for sending preliminary statistical analyses.
The CRSU aims to contribute towards maximizing the research productivity of the College of Medicine research community. To that end, support is often ongoing, frequently culminating in conference presentations and publication of project findings. CRSU acknowledgment and possibly shared authorship, at the dissemination of research findings, are requested if a significant contribution has been made by CRSU staff.