Granting agencies have growing expectations about the scientific rigor and reliability of the proposals for research projects and their derived publications. Therefore a Biostatistics Consulting Service was created under the supervision of Norbert Schmitz, PhD, and Aurélie Labbe, PhD.

The goal of the Service is to provide statistical and methodological support to PIs of the Douglas Institute and their students throughout all phases of their research projects, from design to results interpretation.

Collaboration and consultation services

The Biostatistics Consulting Service offers long-term collaboration as well as brief consulting assistance.

Long-term collaboration

It is strongly recommended that you involve the Biostatistics Consulting Service as early as possible in your project so that you can receive assistance during the elaboration of the study design and make sure that the design and sample size will adequately support your study needs and research objectives.

Important: Principal investigators who wish to use the expertise of the Biostatistics Service must allocate a budget for these services from their research project grants.

Collaboration services include:

• Experiment planning:
  • Design and sample size identification
  • Selection of the appropriate statistical analysis
  • Protocol drafting, etc.
• Data analysis and monitoring
• Report/publication writing

Brief consultations

• Guidance on SPSS or SAS®
• Specific statistical questions
• Results interpretation
• Paper reviews

Student Fridays

Fridays are reserved for students, who can drop by with or without an appointment for a brief consultation between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. at Véronique Pagé’s office (FBC, second floor, F2115.2).

Preparing for the first meeting

To facilitate communication and enhance the efficiency of the first meeting, you are invited to fill in this brief form and submit it by email as specified.

Calendar of events

McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine organizes regular seminars. For more details, please consult its calendar of events for biostatistics and epidemiology.

Team Members

Principal Investigators
Aurélie Labbe, PhD
Norbert Schmitz, PhD

Research Associate - Biostatistics
Véronique Pagé, MSc

Véronique Pagé joined the Douglas Institute in January 2010. She holds a Bachelor and a Master's degree in Statistics from Laval University (Quebec). She has always worked in the health environment and spent the last eight years in the clinical pharmacology department of a clinical research organisation. Véronique now works under the supervision of Norbert Schmitz, PhD and Aurélie Labbe, PhD.

Contact

Biostatistics Consulting Service
Véronique Pagé, MSc
Research Associate-Biostatistics
FBC Pavilion, Room 2115.2
6875 LaSalle Boulevard
Montreal, QC H4H 1R3

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Phone: 514-761-6131, extension 6160
Fax : 514 -888-4064