Penn Mental Health AIDS
Research Center
Core F: Biostatistics and Data
Management Core
Core Director: Warren B. Bilker, Ph.D.
Co-Director: Knashawn H. Morales, Sc.D.
Co-Investigator: Frances K. Barg, Ph.D.
November 19th, 2014
What Do We do?
• Advise and collaborate with PMHARC investigators on study
design, data management, and data analysis issues,
including qualitative research and modeling approaches
• Evaluate feasibility of intervention studies and facilitate
conduct of precursor pilot studies as needed
• Develop and maintain a central database of longitudinal
assessments on a core set of assessments of biomarkers
related to HIV, mental illness, and co-morbidities across all
pilot studies.
• Provide statistical collaboration for research funding
applications (e.g. R01, R21, R34) related to the core Aims of
the PMHARC.
When are Core F Services Available?
• Consultations for all statistical, study design, and data
management issues with pilot applicants are available
from the pilot proposal development stage for all
applicants and through the end of the study, and for the
manuscript submission process for those studies
selected for funding.
• Funded pilot projects have services available to them
that include Biostatistics faculty level collaborations and
BAC (Biostatistics Analysis Center) support for data
analysis and database management. These services
are funded by the PMHARC grant and are at no cost to
the pilot projects.