Introduction
The Biostatistics Research Branch (BRB) is located within the Division of Clinical Research (DCR) in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
Members of the Biostatistics Research Branch provide statistical advice and assistance to staff throughout NIAID.
Briefly, BRB members:
- Engage in collaborative research with NIAID scientists (Intramural and Extramural)
- Develop new statistical methods related to any aspect of NIAID research
- Develop new mathematical models to describe the biology of infectious diseases or immune responses
- Provide statistical advice and oversight for Extramural and Intramural research, i.e.
- Review or help develop protocols
- Serve on the Intramural IRB and on certain Extramural data monitoring boards
- Develop new statistical methods or mathematical models that lead to more reliable, efficient, or insightful scientific inferences to further NIAID's mission.
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