Consultation with Experts

The Biostatistics Laboratory is run through the Department of Public Health Sciences with support from the ITM. Its experts help investigators with everything from study design to data analysis.

Schedule a free consultation through Biotime here. The ITM is happy to providing funding for additional support. Click here to learn more.

We recommend taking advantage of it before submitting an application for ITM Pilot Awards, as biostatisticians are often part of the pool of reviewers.

Questions? Contact Theodore Karrison, PhD, Director of Biostatistics.

The University of Chicago MacLean Center is renowned for its expertise in clinical medical ethics.

In partnership with the ITM, it offers free research and clinical ethics consultations and assistance in creating a study design that takes into account special human subjects protections.

Contact Tracy Koogler, MD, Vice Chair of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for a clinical ethics consult.

Contact Lainie Ross, MD, PhD, Associate Director of the MacLean Center, for a research ethics consult.

Epidemiology is the study of how diseases spread, and in partnership with the Department of Public Health Sciences, the ITM offers consultations to researchers free of charge.

The epidemiology experts hail from several fields and use a variety of methodologies.

Contact Diane Lauderdale, PhD, Chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences, for an epidemiology consult.

In partnership with UChicago’s Center for Community Health and Vitality, the ITM offers free consultations to researchers whose studies require community participation.

Consultations help investigators with community-based participatory research and participant recruitment and retention. Letters of community support are not provided.

Click here to apply for a consultation at least six weeks before the research application deadline.

Questions? Contact Natalie Watson, Community Health Program Development Specialist.

The ITM helps you put your best grant application forward with its R Studio and Career Award Writing Workshop (KWW).

Get feedback from senior experts – some who used to be NIH reviewers – before you submit your major operating grant or career (K) award application.

These free sessions have helped participants secure more than $1 million. See what it can do for your research and career.

Questions? Contact Sara Serritella, ITM Communications Director.