Access B&B Core Services

How to contact the Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core for Services:

If you want B&B help with a new project, you can do any of the following:

Contact one of the 5 Core Triagers (Table 1).
If your project is related to one of the current CFAR Scientific Working Groups (SWGs), contact the liaison to that SWG. (Table 2)
If your project is related to one of the current CFAR Scientific Programs (SPs), contact the liaison to that SP. (Table 2)
If your project is related to one of the other CFAR Cores, contact the liaison to that Core. (Table 2)
Look through the research areas below to find one that comes closest to your project and contact (one of) the B&B Core member(s) listed with that research area. (Table 3)
If you have worked with a member of the Core in the past and you want to work with that person again, feel free to contact that person directly.
If you have worked with a member of the Core before but don't think your current project falls into the research area of that member, feel free to use any option A to E.
If you have worked with a member of the Core before but don't want to work with that person again, feel free to use any option A to E.
If you are submitting a NIH grant and want to put money in the budget to pay a CFAR statistician, it is administratively easier if you work with a CFAR statistician at your institution or one of the institutions with which you are already planning a subcontract. There are CFAR statisticians at DFCI, MGH (and Ragon Institute), and HSPH. If you want to put money in the budget for a bioinformatics expert, please contact John Hutchinson.

Table 1. Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Core members who triage projects for various Harvard Institutions

Institutions the person triages	Triager	Email address
BIDMC, BWH, DFCI, HMS, FAS	Rebecca Gelman	gelman@jimmy.harvard.edu
BWH, CHB, HSPH (biostatistics)	Laura Smeaton	smeaton@sdac.harvard.edu
HSPH (bioinformatics)	John Hutchinson	bioinformatics@hsph.harvard.edu
MGH, Fenway Health	Robert Parker	rparker4@partners.org
Ragon Institute	Musie Ghebremichael	musie_ghebremichael@dfci.harvard.edu

Table 2.Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Liaisons to Other Harvard CFAR Cores, SWGs, Scientific Programs

CORES
Core	Name	Institution	Email Address
Administrative	Rebecca Gelman	DFCI	gelman@jimmy.harvard.edu
Advanced Laboratory Technologies	John Hutchinson	HSPH	jhutchin@hsph.harvard.edu
Bio-Behavioral & Community Science	Robert Parker	MGH	rparker4@partners.org
Clinical Core	Laura Smeaton	HSPH	smeaton@sdac,harvard,edu
Developmental & Mentoring	Rebecca Gelman	DFCI	gelman@jimmy.harvard.edu
Human Immune System Mouse	Musie Ghebremichael	Ragon	musie_ghebremichael@dfci.harvard.edu

SCIENTIFIC WORKING GROUPS (SWGs) AND SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS (SPs)
SWG OR SP	Name	Inst	Email Address
Adolescence & HIV SWG	Denise Jacobson	HSPH	jacobson@sdac.harvard.edu
Aging & HIV SWG	Robert Parker	MGH	rparker4@partners.org
Health Economics	Robert Parker	MGH	rparker4@partners.org
HIV Eradication	John Hutchinson Rebecca Gelman	HSPH DFCI	jhutchin@hsph.harvard.edu gelman@jimmy.harvard.edu
HIV Vaccines	Rebecca Gelman John HutchInson	DFCI HSPH	gelman@jimmy.harvard.edu jhutchin@hsph.harvard.edu
Reproductive Health SWG	Laura Smeaton	HSPH	smeaton@sdac,harvard,edu

Table 3. Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core Personnel with Experience in Various Types of Research

Research Area	Name	Inst	Email Address
BIOINFORMATICS
B&B Core Bioinformatics: RNA-seq, scRNA-seq, small RNA-seq, whole genome sequencing, resequencing, exome-seq, ChIP-seq, copy number variation, Boston WG on high dimensional flow cytometry		HSPH	bioinformatics@hsph.harvard.edu
Bioinformatics Navigator (matching CFAR user needs to non-CFAR Harvard-related Bioinformatics Cores)		DFCI	aedin@jimmy.harvard.edu
BIOSTATISTICS
Animal Models	Rebecca Gelman Musie Ghebremichael	DFCI Ragon	gelman@jimmy.harvard.edu musie_ghebremichael@dfci.harvard.edu
Basic Science	Rebecca Gelman Musie Ghebremichael	DFCI Ragon	gelman@jimmy.harvard.edu musie_ghebremichael@dfci.harvard.edu
Behavioral Research	Robert Parker	MGH	rparker4@partners.org
Cancer and HIV	Rebecca Gelman Hajime Uno	DFCI DFCI	gelman@jimmy.harvard.edu huno@jimmy.harvard.edu
CFAR Clinical Cohorts	Musie Ghebremichael	Ragon	musie_ghebremichael@dfci.harvard.edu
Clinical Research	Laura Smeaton Robert Parker	HSPH MGH	smeaton@sdac,harvard,edu rparker4@partners.org
Cost Effectiveness	Robert Parker	MGH	rparker4@partners.org
Epidemiology	Denise Jacobson	HSPH	jacobson@sdac.harvard.edu
Health Equity	Laura Smeaton	HSPH	smeaton@sdac.harvard.edu
Implementation	Robert Parker	MGH	rparker4@partners.org

Laboratory Studies	Rebecca Gelman Musie Ghebremichael	DFCI Ragon	gelman@jimmy.harvard.edu musie_ghebremichael@dfci.harvard.edu
Maternal to Child Transmission of HIV	Laura Smeaton	HSPH	smeaton@sdac.harvard.edu
Non-Communicable Diseases and HIV	Robert Parker Denise Jacobson	MGH HSPH	rparker4@partners.org jacobson@sdac.harvard.edu
Population Surveys	Emanuele Mazzola	DFCI	mazzola@jimmy.harvard.edu
Statistical Education: web, videos, Boston courses and seminars	Hajime Uno	DFCI	huno@jimmy.harvard.edu
TB/HIV	Laura Smeaton Musie Ghebremichael	HSPH Ragon	smeaton@sdac.harvard.edu musie_ghebremichael@dfci.harvard.edu
Viral & Bacterial Co- infections	Laura Smeaton Musie Ghebremichael	HSPH Ragon	smeaton@sdac.harvard.edu musie_ghebremichael@dfci.harvard.edu

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