Biostatistics

The CTSI Biomedical Informatics Programis devoted to biomedical informatics research, education, and service at the University of Rochester. Our mission includes:

coodination of the existing biomedical informatics resources at the University of Rochester
providing routine consulting service to investigators and trainees
integration of the existing resources and development of an institutional information infrastructure to support clinical and translational research
collaborating with external partners to develop and adopt informatics technical standards
assessing and optimizing the use of biomedical informatics services. Our specific areas of service include:
1. database development and data management for biomedical research
2. implementation of information system to support biomedical research and clinical trial protocols
3. using information technology to facilitate implementation of healthcare standards, management of healthcare process, and delivery of behavioral interventions
4. modeling and simulation

Key Personnel
Services Provided

Key Personnel

Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Neurology

Michael McDermott, Ph.D., based in the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, has research interests in the areas of order-restricted statistical inference, reliability of measurement, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and surfaces, and clinical trials methodology.
Email: Mikem@bst.rochester.edu
Phone: (585) 275-6685
Fax: (585) 273-1031

Research Associate in Biostatistics and Computational Biology

Susan Messing, M.S., is based in the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology. Ms. Messing has been involved in the statistical analysis of clinical studies for more than 15 years.
Email: Susan_Messing@urmc.rochester.edu
Phone: (585) 275-0343

Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Computational Biology

Changyong Feng, Ph.D., is based in the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology. Dr. Feng’s primary methodological research interests are in the area of multivariate survival analysis and its application to clinical trials. He also has research interests in semiparametric inference, stochastic differential equations, statistical genetics, and epidemiology.
Email: Feng@bst.rochester.edu
Phone: (585) 275-4263

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Services Provided

• Consultation with CRC investigators
• Protocol development
• Study design
• Sample size determination
• Statistical analysis plan
• Statistical analysis in conjunction with the Informatics Core
• Interpretation and reporting of study results