What the facility does
Comprehensive, flexible, and timely methodological support for design, analysis and reporting of health research.
Areas of expertise
The Biostatistics Unit’s team is available to collaborate and provide leadership on various forms of studies, such as:
- Pilot studies designed to assess feasibility of larger studies
- Interventional studies aimed at assessing the benefits and harms of therapies and procedures among in-hospital, ambulatory or primary care patients
- Clinical effectiveness research studies aimed at using scientific evidence to understand the effectiveness, benefits, and harms of different options to prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor clinical conditions and improve the delivery of service
- Evidence syntheses
- Economic evaluations
Research services
- Grant writing support
- Study planning and study design support
- Guidance with data collection methods such as design of Case Report Forms (CRFs)
- Data entry support
- Data cleaning support
- Assistance with data analysis and interpretation
- Report writing and manuscript preparation
- Report submission and responding to reviewer questions
- General statistical support (e.g., developing an analysis plan and mock tables, estimating sample size, etc.)
- Randomization sequences generation and online randomization processes implementation
Sectors of application
- Education
- Healthcare and social services
Specialized labs and equipment
| Equipment | Function |
|---|---|
| Office space (4 rooms) | Meetings, methodology consultations, document storage and mini-library. |
| Stata | Software for statistical analysis. |
| SPSS Statistics | Software for statistical analysis. |
| WinPepi | Software for statistical analysis. |
| G*Power | Software for sample size computations. |
Private and public sector research partners
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
- Bayer
- AstraZeneca
- Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
- LMC Diabetes & Endocrinology
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Robert Koch Institute
- PIPRA [Pre-Interventional Preventive Risk Assessment]
- Grand River Hospital
Additional information
| Title | URL |
|---|---|
| Dr. Lehana Thabane appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. | https://research.stjoes.ca/communications/news/~1882-Dr-Lehana-Thabane-Appointed-as-a-Fellow-of-the… |
| Meet the 2023 University Scholars. | https://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/meet-the-2023-university-scholars/ |