Biostatistics

The Biostatistics Center for Clinical Trials Management (BCCTM) is the newest of the Biostatistics data coordination centers. Launched in 2007, BCCTM dedicated to innovative statistical design and the analysis and management of data for clinical trials taking place at Columbia University and around the world.

BCCTM was opened in response to the overwhelming demand for specialized statisticians to help investigators create data management programs and to run the analysis and management side of trials. Under the leadership of Emilia Bagiella, PhD, associate professor of clinical Biostatistics, the Center already manages six federally-funded, multi-center clinical trials in the areas of neurology, pulmonary medicine, and diabetes.

BCCTM joins The Data Coordinating Center run by Dr. Howard Andrews, associate clinical professor of Biostatistics and Neuroscience (in Psychiatry) and the Statistical Analysis Center lead by Dr. Seamus Thompson, clinical professor of Biostatistics and Neurology, in furthering the Department’s mission to providing the critical expertise needed to successfully run large scale clinical trials.