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Support and enhance the College of Dentistry’s core values, goals, and strategies through collaborative research and innovations in quantitative dental sciences
The purpose of The University of Iowa College of Dentistry Division of Biostatistics and Computational Biology (BCB) is to provide state-of-the-art and cost-effective biostatistics and bioinformatics support for all the research projects conducted at the college. This support includes long term grant and protocol support, project-oriented assistance, as well as ongoing consultations and data analyses. More particularly, we:
The Division of Biostatistics and Computational Biology provides the necessary infrastructure to facilitate collaboration between investigators and biostatisticians/bioinformaticians beginning at the planning stage of a project up through its execution, analysis, interpretation of results, and scientific submissions.
The main goal of BCB is to ensure appropriate quantitative support for biomedical research at the College of Dentistry through a recognized and accessible central resource. BCB will support all clinical and population-based research as well as in vitro and animal research. However the highest priority will be given to the peer-reviewed funded research, clinical protocol development, and statistical review service for IRB and DSMC. The order of priority among research projects is as follows:
(1) Peer-reviewed funded research projects and clinical trials (funding should include BCB support);
(2) Non-peer-reviewed funded research projects and clinical trials (funding should include BCB support);
(3) Research proposals to be submitted for external funding (there should be a budget for BCB support);
(4) Investigator initiated clinical trials without external funding;
(5) Other research projects without external funding.
Division of Biostatistics and Computational Biology is directed by Dr. Xian Jin Xie.
Faculty & Staff:
Huojun Cao, PhD. Assistant Professor
Joseph Cavanaugh, PhD. Professor
Carissa Comnick, BA. Biostatistician (GRA)
Miyuraj Harishchandra, BS. Bioinformatician (GRA)
Brian Howe, DMD, MS, Assistant Professor
Chandler Pendleton, BS. Biostatistician (GRA)
Tabitha Peter, BS. Biostatistician (GRA)
Fang Qian, PhD. Associate Research Scientist
Xian Jin Xie, PhD. Professor and Director
Erliang Zeng, PhD. Associate Professor
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