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