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Biostatistics Faculty and NIH Awards at U.S. Medical Schools

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  • Guangxiang Zhang
  • John J. Chen

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Statistical principles and methods are critical to the success of biomedical and translational research. However, it is difficult to track and evaluate the monetary value of a biostatistician to a medical school (SoM). Limited published data on this topic are available, especially comparing across SoMs. Using National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards and American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) faculty counts data (2010-2013), together with online information on biostatistics faculty from 119 institutions across the country, we demonstrated that the number of biostatistics faculty was significantly positively associated with the amount of NIH awards, both as a school total and on a per faculty basis, across various sizes of U.S. SoMs. Biostatisticians, as a profession, should be proactive in communicating and advocating the value of their work and their unique contribution to the long-term success of a biomedical research enterprise. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.

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  • Guangxiang Zhang & John J. Chen, 2015. "Biostatistics Faculty and NIH Awards at U.S. Medical Schools," The American Statistician, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 69(1), pages 34-40, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:amstat:v:69:y:2015:i:1:p:34-40
    DOI: 10.1080/00031305.2014.992959
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