Available Services
The BECS provides assistance to health researchers directly as well as through connected services: the DC-CFAR and the CTSI-CN. The services available depend on your institution, role, and area of research as summarized in the table below. Click on the links for more information and to request services.
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Your Research Area |
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Your Role |
HIV/AIDS |
Clinical or Translational |
Other Heath-Related |
Non-Health Related |
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GW employee with faculty appointment (any school)* |
NA |
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MFA employee with GW faculty appointment OR resident OR fellow |
NA |
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Faculty at Children’s National* |
NA |
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GW PhD student - dissertation |
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GW other graduate or undergraduate student |
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Not at GW or Children’s National |
Generally not currently available |
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*Applies to GW staff working with faculty as well.
**Individual departments sometimes offer statistical consultation services to their students for student research.
Academic Commons: Statistical consultations through Gelman Library.
BECS: Biostatistics and Epidemiology Consulting Service.
BECS Quick Clinic: provides free one hour consultations.
CTSI-CN: Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children's National; the BECS and Children’s Hospital Division of Biostatistics jointly provide statistical consulting services to investigators located at either GWU or Children’s Hospital.
DBM: Division of Biostatistics and Methodology at Children's Research Institute.
DC-CFAR: DC Center for AIDS Research; supports HIV/AIDS researchers from any of the 8 participating organizations within the District of Columbia; support is coordinated through the BECS.
MFA Statistical Services: The GWU MFA provides statistical support to GW MFA-based investigators. Contact Rich Amdur at [email protected] for more information.
Request BECS Services
Grant Applications
Please email [email protected]. Include your name, the PI's name (if someone other than you), department, study/project title, and a brief explanation of what you'd like to discuss.
Quick Questions
For health-related statistical and data management questions that can typically be answered within an hour, please schedule an appointment to attend the BECS Quick Clinic.
Support for basic science research (not clinical translational)
Please email [email protected]. Include your name, the PI's name (if someone other than you), study/project title, and a brief explanation of what you'd like to discuss.
Support for all other research projects
For all other research projects, please complete a SPARC request through the CTSI-CN website. Once we receive the request, we will contact you to clarify details of the support needed, and the project will be assigned to one of our consultants. Click here for instructions.
Not sure what you need? Email us at [email protected]