Biostatistical Consulting Service - DEPM

Biostatistics is a fundamental requirement for both routine practice and research in public health, health services research and clinical medicine.

We aim to:

• Facilitate access to appropriate and modern statistical methods in health research.
• Offer specialist services in the areas of biomedical, clinical and epidemiology data analysis.
• Provide training in the application of statistical methods for health researchers.

Available Services

• Statistical Analysis.
• Research Study Design.
• Assistance with the statistical requirements for research grant applications.
• Assistance with the preparation or revision of scientific manuscripts.

We anticipate that the needs and statistical knowledge of clients will vary and are happy to discuss your individual requirements.

Our expertise enables us to:

• Advise on study design options.
• Determine appropriate sample size.
• Advise on database design and management.
• Advise on data collection strategies.
• Determine appropriate analysis techniques to answer key research questions.
• Perform data manipulation and relevant statistical analyses as required.
• Provide advice to researchers wishing to perform their own analyses.
• Use modern methods to analyse complex data structures (e.g: clustered and longitudinal data).
• Provide reports on statistical analyses that include interpretation of results.

Location

We are located on the 3rd floor of the Burnet Building, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Prahran (near Punt Road ).

How to contact us

It is preferable that you contact us before your research project begins as the statistical element is an important part of study design and ongoing management. For general enquiries, or to make an appointment, email biostats.consult@med.monash.edu.au

Staff

The Biostatistical Consulting Service draws on the experienced staff of the Biostatistics Unit of this Department to provide support for a wider network of medical and health research groups. Read these bios for a more detailed look at our consulting staff.