Cutting-edge theoretical and applied research
Faculty members' areas of expertise include clinical trials and epidemiology, study design, survey methodology, decision theory, generalized linear models, longitudinal data analysis, survival analysis, structural equation models and diagnostic testing.
Research partners
Our faculty provide scholarship in biostatistics and partnership in research for the colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions and Veterinary Medicine at UF Health. They also collaborate with investigators in the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, the Emerging Pathogens Institute, the UF Shands Cancer Center, the McKnight Brain Institute and other organizations across UF and worldwide. They are widely published in academic journals and well-funded by numerous sponsors, such as the National Institutes of Health, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
$9.33M Research funding for AY 2022-2023
181 Articles Published during FY 2022-2023
Departmental research centers
Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases
Focused on prevention and intervention in infectious diseases of global health importance, as well as emerging infectious diseases, such as pandemic influenza.
Children’s Oncology Group
Biostatisticians partner with research scientists from around the world to understand the causes of cancer and find more effective treatments for children.
Research Design and Data Coordinating Center
A team of experienced professionals help design state-of-art of clinical trials, manage clinical trial data, implement innovative randomization systems, and facilitate secure data sharing among researchers.
Faculty developed software
Meta user’s guide
This User’s Guide provides information on how to obtain point estimates, 95% confidence limits, and two-sided P-values for meta-analysis of a complete set of randomized clinical trials referenced in the guide.
Download and save this guide along with the two blank Excel templates rr_template_2023 and diff_template_2023 to a permanent folder on your computer.