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.

Services available by Role and Research Area

 

Your  Research  Area

Your Role

HIV/AIDS

Clinical or Translational

Other Heath-Related

Non-Health Related

GW employee with faculty appointment (any school)*

DC-CFAR

CTSI-CN

BECS Quick Clinic

BECS

BECS Quick Clinic

NA

MFA employee with GW faculty appointment OR resident OR fellow

DC-CFAR

CTSI-CN

MFA Statistical Services

BECS Quick Clinic

MFA Statistical Services

BECS

NA

Faculty at Children’s National*

DC-CFAR

CTSI-CN

DBM

NA

GW PhD student - dissertation

BECS Quick Clinic

BECS Quick Clinic

BECS Quick Clinic

Academic Commons

GW other graduate or undergraduate student

Academic Commons

Academic Commons

Academic Commons

Academic Commons

Not at GW or Children’s National

DC-CFAR

Generally not currently available

*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]