Clinical and Health Research Facilities

Biostatistics Unit
Biostatistics Analysis Center (BAC) and Biostatistics & Epidemiology Consulting Center (BECC)
Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
CCEB/CRCU
General Clinical Research Center
Health Services Research Unit
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Office of the Associate Dean for Health Services Research

J. Richard Landis, Ph.D.
Director
600 Blockley Hall/6021
215-573-4922
jrlandis@cceb.upenn.edu

Biostatistics Analysis Center (BAC) and Biostatistics & Epidemiology Consulting Center (BECC)

Rachel Weinstein, Ph. D.
Managing Director and Senior Biostatistician
518 Blockley Hall/6021
215-573-4859
rweinste@cceb.upenn.edu

Thomas Ten Have, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Director
607 Blockley Hall/6021
215-573-4885
ttenhave@cceb.upenn.edu

John Farrar, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.C.E.
Faculty Associate Director
215-898-5802
jfarrar@cceb.med.upenn.edu

Faculty, professional staff and graduate students in the Biostatistics and Epidemiology Consulting Center (BECC) of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB) offer consultation and advice to researchers, primarily within the University of Pennsylvania Health System , in:

Design and analysis strategies for research proposals involving observational, experimental and survey research studies;
Selecting and implementing appropriate statistical methods for specific applications to research data;
Statistical and graphical analysis of data;
Statistical review of manuscripts.

For more information about the BECC please contact Dr. Rachel Weinstein. To initiate a request for assistance, please register at the following link: www.cceb.upenn.edu/apps/ProjectCollab/registerContact.html.

Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Brian Strom, M.D., M.P.H.
Director
824 Blockley Hall
215-898-2368
bstrom@cceb.upenn.edu

Clinical Research Computing Unit (CRCU)

J. Richard Landis, Ph.D.
Faculty Director
600 Blockley Hall/6021
215-573-4922
jrlandis@cceb.upenn.edu

Harold I. Feldman, M.D., M.S.C.E.
Faculty Director
Suite 923, Blockley Hall/6021
215-898-0901
hfeldman@cceb.med.upenn.edu

Robert M. Curley, M.S.
Senior Director
Methodologies and Special Projects
Suite 560, 3535 Market/3309
215-573-4422
rcurley@cceb.upenn.edu

James L. Kaylor, M.S.E.
Senior Director, Information Services and Technologies
Suite 560, 3535 Market/3309
215-573-4422
jkaylor@cceb.upenn.edu

John L. Toukatly
Senior Director, Research & Technical Operations
Suite 560, 3535 Market Street /3309
215-573-4422
jtoukatly@cceb.upenn.edu

The CRCU is a designated "Core Research Facility" for the University of Pennsylvania. The unit was formed in 1997 within the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB).
Its mission is to provide a suite of collaborative services to support research project development and implementation; and research computing environments within the University. These services include proposal development; project management; operational compliance and regulatory practices; clinical data management; software systems and database design, development, and implementation; and research and academic computing support essential to the conduct of clinical research projects, including multicenter clinical trials, throughout the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

General Clinical Research Center

Garret FitzGerald, M.D.
Director
153 Johnson Pavilion
215-898-1184
garret@spirit.gcrc.upenn.edu

Health Services Research Unit

Henry Glick Ph.D.
1211 Blockley Hall
215-898-6868
hlthsvrs@mail.med.upenn.edu

Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

David Asch, MD, MBA
Executive Director
3641 Locust Walk
898-0102
asch@wharton.upenn.edu

Office of the Associate Dean for Health Services Research

Alan L. Hillman, M.D., M.B.A.
Associate Dean
1123 Blockley Hall
898-9412
garnetla@mail.med.upenn.edu

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