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BREAD Service Request

The Biostatistics, Research Ethics, And Design Program provides consultation in the areas of study design and implementation, ethical and biostatistical issues, and data management.

If you are a UCSF researcher or a CTSI affiliate, you can request a consultation by completing the form below. Fields marked with an asterisk are required. If you have not been contacted by a member of the BREAD consulting team within three business days of submitting your request, email us.

Important: all publications resulting from the utilization of CTSI resources are required to credit the CTSI grant by including the NIH Funding acknowledgement.

Information about you

The information we're requesting below helps us understand your needs better and captures who we are serving. Thank you in advance for completing and submitting this form.

MD PhD MCR/MPH/MS DDS RN PharmD    Other

Project Information

If you are not the PI, complete PI information below (required).
Clinical Trial, Single Center
Clinical Trial, Multiple Centers
Diagnostic Test Study
Pharmacokinetics Study
Other Observational Study (case-control, cohort, cross-sectional, etc)
Health Policy Studies: decision analysis; utilization and/or cost; cost-effectiveness;
systematic review; knowledge-beliefs-attitudes
Other/Unsure:
Planning study
Applying for funding
Implementing funded study
Analyzing data that has already been collected
Responding to reviews
Other/Unsure:

Types of Assistance Required *Check at least one

Choosing type of study (case-control, cohort, trial, etc)
Sampling strategy, selection of controls
Design of survey instruments
Identification of existing databases
Measurement, quality control
Randomization and blinding schemes
Recruitment, retention, and logistical issues
Multicenter study coordination
Budgeting
Data and Safety Monitoring
Qualitative data collection (focus groups, interviews, ethonographic observation, etc.)
Qualitative data management (transcription, coding, and analysis software)
Other study design issues, describe:

For assistance with regulatory issues please request assistance from CTSI Regulatory Knowledge and Support Service.

Recruitment
Informed consent
Confidentiality
Clinical trial issues (including randomization, use of placebo)
Special populations (including children, prisoners, impaired decision-making)
Working in resource-poor countries
Genetic testing, gene transfer, stem cells
Payment of participants
Sensitive conditions (including HIV infection, injection drug use, major psychiatric illness)
Other ethical issues, describe:

For data cleaning/formatting, see Data Management Issues, below.
Choosing statistical methods
Multivariable modeling
Other statistical analyses
Interpreting results
Responding to reviews
Sample size planning
Other biostatistical issues, describe:
I may want to pay to have BREAD perform statistical analyses

For assistance with analysis of genomic, proteomic, microarray or sequence data please request assistance from CTSI Bioinformatics.

Data cleaning and formatting
General data management advice
Choosing database platform/vendor
Querying existing database
Custom system development, hosted by investigator and supported with hourly recharges
Custom system development, hosted and supported by BREAD on a recharge basis
Other data management issues, describe:

If you requested assistance in more than one category, which area would you like help with first?
Study Design and Implementation
Grant Review
Scientific Review of CHR Protocols
Data and Safety Monitoring
Ethical Issues
Biostatistical Issues
Data Management Issues
Not applicable, or doesn't matter
I am writing a grant and plan to include a biostatistician as a co-investigator with at least 10%
support, and am thus eligible for 20 additional free hours of BREAD Biostatistics consultation
I anticipate requiring additional services beyond what BREAD provides free of charge (see our
Recharge Policy). Here is my financial information, to the best of my knowledge:

Please note that no charges will be posted to this fund until after the initial consultation, during which anticipated charges will be discussed with the consultant. Also, no additional services will be provided until fund information is verified.

Other Information

In clicking "Submit Request" you agree to provide feedback and a short evaluation of our services, providing the titles of manuscripts or grants resulting from your BREAD consultation(s) when requested.