Center for Biostatistics 

Stanley Lemeshow, PhD, Director

The Center for Biostatistics provides expertise with which biomedical investigators within and outside The Ohio State University can collaborate in study design, data management and statistical analysis of clinical, epidemiological, public health and laboratory research data. As a central resource, the Center has more than 20 full-time staff who respond to requests for support of biomedical investigations. The Center also involves many faculty in the Division of Biostatistics and the Department of Statistics in this collaborative effort. David Jarjoura, PhD, is the Center’s managing director.

Ongoing Research Programs

• Current grant activity includes eight Biostatistics Core-type grants funded by the National Institutes of Health.
• The Center is also supported by 10 R01s, 11 R21s and various other grants.
• The grants bring in more than $26 million per year to Ohio State.
• The grants involve collaborations with the colleges of Medicine, Public Health, Veterinary Medicine and Nursing, and with Columbus Children’s Hospital.

Research Accomplishments of 2006

• Center staff collaborated in writing more than 90 grant proposals and had 48 publications, with another 45 in submission. The Center promotes the development of long-term collaborative relationships between its staff and other investigators to increase efficiency, optimize productivity and enhance responsiveness. Center personnel include a director, a managing director, an administrator, a human resource professional, five PhD biostatistical scientists, nine MS biostatisticians, a systems programmer, a systems specialist, four PhD graduate students and three undergraduate students.