Naihua Duan, PhD, Director

Kelly Roska, MA, Division Administrator

The Division of Biostatistics and Data Coordination serves both as a research unit, and as a support unit, in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI). As a research unit, the Division conducts primary research in biostatistical and data management methodologies of relevance to psychiatric research, and disseminates the findings to Department of Psychiatry and NYSPI investigators and the psychiatric research community at large.

As a support unit, the Division provides biostatistical and data management support to Department of Psychiatry and NYSPI investigators on a wide range of empirical research tasks, including study design, development of research questions and hypotheses, power and sample size analyses, data analysis plan, data monitoring, reliabilities of measures and quality assessment, interim analysis, statistical modeling, data analyses, interpretation of findings, manuscript preparation and revision.

The Division encourages investigators to engage biostatisticians and data managers from the Division as early as possible in their research production process, to maximize the potential contributions from the Division to their grant applications in terms of the conceptualization, design, and implementation of the study. The Division also provides training and education in biostatistical and data management methodologies to Department of Psychiatry and NYSPI investigators, fellows, residents, and students.

In addition, the Division provides training and education to junior members in the Division, to advance their career development and long term contributions to the the Department of Psychiatry and the NSPI.