The Biostatistics Collaboration Center (BCC) is a Feinberg School of Medicine 
(FSM) resource initiated in 2004 to provide research design and statistical 
support to FSM investigators.  The BCC includes a group of experienced 
faculty and staff who will work with investigators in all aspects of their 
research projects, from concept and study design to data acquisition, data 
analysis and final scientific reporting.  Faculty include Leah Welty, Kwang-
Youn Kim, Julia Lee, Mary Kwasny, Borko Jovanovic, Joan Chmiel and Alfred 
Rademaker.  Staff include Nancy Jin, Jie Peng, Thongsy Singvongsa and Sarah 
Weitner.

The primary goal of the BCC is to collaborate and consult with FSM 
researchers in order to produce studies and statistical analyses that ultimately 
result in funded grants, peer-reviewed publications and presentations at 
professional meetings.  Typically the best results come from researchers and 
statisticians working hand-in-hand as collaborators in these activities.

The BCC is eager to work with you to provide the needed support and services 
under a cost arrangement that is mutually acceptable.  Requests for services 
by the BCC may be made through the BCC website 
(<http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/depts/bcc/requestForm.htm>http://
www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/depts/bcc/requestForm.htm) or by email to 
the BCC (<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]).  BCC 
statisticians have existing working agreements to provide services and 
collaborations with major units such as the Northwestern University Clinical 
and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS), the Robert H. Lurie 
Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimerâ•˙s 
Disease Center, the Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center in Rheumatology 
as well as individual Departments and Divisions.  The BCC aims to expand its 
collaborations and build new alliances with other groups at Northwestern.

The BCC is academically housed in the Department of Preventive Medicine 
(DPM) and effective November 2009, it will be physically located with the DPM 
on the 14th floor of 680 N. Lake Shore Drive along with the departmentâ•˙s 
Program in Biostatistics and the Cancer Centerâ•˙s Biostatistics Core Facility. 
Dr. Alfred Rademaker, Professor of Preventive Medicine, is the Director of the 
BCC.

Join us for a series of statistical 
<http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/depts/bcc/lecture2009.htm>seminars 
given on Thursdays October 1 â•„ November 5 2009 from 12:30 â•„ 2:00 in 
McGaw 2-320 (Daniel Hale Williams Auditorium).  We hope these may serve to 
reacquaint you with some statistical terminology as well as afford us an 
opportunity to introduce ourselves to you. 

As always, feel free to contact the Biostatistics Collaboration Center for your 
statistical needs such as statistical analyses, grant writing, sample size 
determination and manuscript preparation.  The BCC looks forward to working 
with you in the coming year. 

Biostatistics Collaboration Center
Northwestern University Medical School
Website: 
<http://www.medschool.northwestern.edu/depts/bcc/>www.medschool.northw
estern.edu/depts/bcc/
Email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
Ph: 312-503-2288; Fax: 312-503-5388