Division of Psychiatric Statistics

The goal of the Division of Psychiatric Statistics (DPS) is to provide and promote innovative biostatistics collaboration and data coordinating services in support of research programs in the Department of Psychiatry. 

1). The activities will occur in collaboration with investigators across all units of the Department of Psychiatry and Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology. 

2). To overcome barriers of interdisciplinary research and effectively provide support for integrating statistical consultation and novel statistical applications, the DPS will advise investigators on study design, sample size consideration and power analysis, data collection and quality assurance, statistical analyses, interpretation of results, and grant and manuscript preparation. 

3). To supplement investigators’ awareness of modern and cutting-edge statistical methods and facilitate exchange among investigators concerning the design and analysis implications of such methods, DPS will sponsor seminar series in addition to individual meetings to ensure that investigators across units of the Department of Psychiatry have sufficient knowledge to use appropriate statistical methods in the design and analysis of their projects. 

In addition, DPS will emphasize the development of new statistical methods to address the conceptual and methodological challenges arising as one integrates information across different domains of research and translates new treatment interventions and programs into community settings.