Overview of Services

The Biostatistics and Informatics Shared Resource (BISR) provides a variety of services:

• Biostatistics and Analytics:
• Experimental design
• Assistance with design, & conduct of clinical trials
• Data analysis
• Statistical review for PRMS, DRC, etc.
• Multi-Omics Bioinformatics:
• Data analysis for ‘omics core facilities
• High performance computing (HPC):

All three types of assistance provide consultation, project planning, assistance with grant preparation and related services.

Acknowledging the Biostatistics and Informatics Shared Resource in publications

For non-cancer related work:

Biostatistics/Bioinformatics service from the Baylor College of Medicine BISR ATC were underwritten by institutional funds from the Baylor College of Medicine.

For cancer related work:

Biostatistics/Bioinformatics assistance was supported by the NCI P30-CA125123 grant and institutional funds from the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine. Please also reference relevant CPRIT core grants for data generating cores, as appropriate.

For any projects making use of the HPC:

Data analysis was performed on the HPC cluster that is managed by the Biostatistics and Informatics Shared Resource (BISR) and supported by an NIH S10 Shared Instrument Grant S10-OD032185, NCI P30-CA125123 and institutional funds from the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine.

Leadership

Susan Hilsenbeck
Director
Professor
Phone: 713-798-1627
Email: sgh@bcm.edu

Cristian Coarfa
Co-Director for Multi-Omic Bioinformatics
Assocate Professor
Phone: 713-798-7938
Email: coarfa@bcm.edu

Chad Creighton
Co-Director for Cancer Bioinformatics
Associate Professor
Phone: 713-798-2264
Email: creighto@bcm.edu

Charles Minard
Co-Director for Biostatistics
Assistant Professor
Phone: 713-798-2353
Email: minard@bcm.edu

Tao Wang
Co-Director for Cancer Biostatistics
Assistant Professor
Phone: 713-798-5388
Email: taow@bcm.edu

Sheila Awudu
Manager, HPC
Phone: 713-798-6862
Email: cluster-support@breastcenter.tmc.edu

Hours of operation

Monday-Friday
9 am - 5 pm
Email for support after hours

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