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CLINICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
CORE FACILITY
Contact
us at phcore@med.cornell.edu
PART
I: DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
Introduction:
Weill
Medical College (WMC) has established the Clinical Research Methodology
Core Facility. Located in the Department
of Public Health, the facility contains the requisite expertise
and methodological skills for clinical research.
Research
methodology comprises a broad collection of skills that are utilized
to identify research questions, construct hypotheses, design investigative
studies and data collection strategies, conduct statistical analyses
of data, and interpret findings. The Clinical Research Methodology
Core provides requested consultative services to all investigators
at WMC and the Graduate School of Medical Sciences in the following
areas of expertise:
- Biostatistics
- Observational/Epidemiologic
research
- Clinical
trials
- Outcomes
research
- Health
services research
- Health/Pharmacoeconomics
- Behavioral
research
- Diagnostic
testing/screening
- Program
evaluation
Core
consultation services include:
- Statistical
analysis/modeling
- Sample
size/power analysis
- Study
design
- Protocol
design/research planning
- Database
design/management
- Questionnaire
development
- Cost-effectiveness
analysis
- Decision
analysis/evidence-based medicine
- Definition
of measurable objectives
- Standards/goal
setting
Services
are available to all faculty, post-graduate students or fellows, graduate
students, medical students or allied health professionals engaged
in research at the Weill Medical College and the Graduate School of
Medical Sciences.
Location:
The
Core is located in the Department of Public Health at Kips Bay,
411 East 69th Street.
Staff:
Linda
Gerber, Ph.D., Director/Epidemiologist, CORE Director
(212) 746-2153
Alvin
I. Mushlin, M.D., Sc.M., Chairman
Gilbert
Botvin, Ph.D., Behavioral Scientist
Mark
Callahan, M.D., Outcomes Research Scientist
Paul
Christos, M.S., M.P.H., Biostatistician
Madelon
Finkel, Ph.D., Epidemiologist
Martin
Lesser, Ph.D., Biostatistician, North Shore University Hospital
Hirsch
Ruchlin, Ph.D., Health Economist
Howard
Thaler, Ph.D., Biostatistician, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center
Clarissa
Crabtree, Administrative Assistant
Other
faculty members of the Department of Public Health are available
for consultation depending on the nature of the request.
PART
II: FEES FOR SERVICE
The
initial consultation session is free of charge. Thereafter, the
basic rate is $150 per hour.
PART
III: PROCEDURES FOR USING THE CORE
To
request an initial consultation, please click
here to download our Consultation Request Form. The form is
in Adobe Portable Document format (PDF). To view and print these
PDF files, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader which is made
freely available on the Internet. To download the Acrobat Reader,
use the link below.
Please
complete the form and return by fax (746-8544) or inter-office mail
(box 73) to Clarissa Crabtree (phone: 746-1250). Ms. Crabtree will
contact you to arrange the initial consultation appointment.
Your
consultant will assess the scope, time estimate to completion, and
approximate number of hours required. Financial arrangements will
be established and a letter of agreement will be signed by you and
the department administration.
Billing
will be generated at the completion of the project and an itemized
invoice will be provided. 
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