Research and Statistical Consult Service (RSCS)
The Department of Informatic Medicine and Personalized Health (IMPH) offers a research and statistical consulting service. Although the mission of the program is to foster innovative research by supporting faculty, residents, fellows, and students on the Hospital Hill Campus, this service will be available to others at UMKC on a space-available basis. This service will:
- Promote high-quality research by consulting on proper research design
- Support researchers in making sample size estimates
- Assist researchers in ethical and accepted methods of data analysis and interpretation.
To use this service the following procedures will enable the RSCS to match the research project with the best available statistical mentor.
The RSCS staff must be consulted at the beginning of the project; usually this should be before data collection has started. In some cases where secondary data are analyzed this condition would be waived.
The recipient of the consult service must submit to the RSCS office four supporting documents.
A draft project abstract of 250 words that specifies the Objectives, Methods, Anticipated Results, and Potential Conclusions of the Project.
If the project is a clinical trial a brief (250 words maximum) project summary using the PICO format if it is applicable to the particular study must also be submitted.
We understand that not every project will fit neatly into this format, but any abstract for different types of research should provide a comparable level of detail.
For students, residents, and fellows a letter of support for the project from the program director or faculty mentor will be required to verify that the project has been reviewed at the program level.
If the project requires Human Subjects approval, documentation of this must be forwarded to the office prior to data collection and analysis.
The users of this service need to perform their own data collection and analysis.
If you are faculty and using the IMPH staff to develop a grant for extramural funding we would encourage you to have our statistician included in the programs proposed budget as a certain percentage FTE for the project. In such cases, details will be worked out with the IMPH staff in order to establish appropriate work/payment levels.
In return the IMPH Office will provide the following support:
One two-hour consultation at the start of the project to help with study design, data collection issues, and establish timelines. We will make every attempt to schedule this appointment within one month of the initial request or sooner if possible. But it must be realized that a good number of the people supporting this service are volunteers.
Email support in follow-up for statistical issues as they develop.
One two-hour consultation at the end of the project to help review findings and conclusions.
Review of drafts of papers to be submitted to medical or other peer reviewed journals. We would anticipate that the staff person who works on the project will be listed as one of the co-authors to the publication.
How do I use the consultation service?
Attach the required information to the IMPH office by emailing:
• Aaron Bonham - bonhama@umkc.edu
or• Steve Simon - simons@umkc.edu
Include in your email the best method for us to contact you. Because email is not 100% effective please include the best phone number.
If you have not heard from us acknowledging your request within two weeks of your initial request please call the main IMPH office number, 816.235.1184 to make sure we have received your materials.
To view the list of potential people who are available to help you see, the list of faculty who have agreed to participate below. Should you wish to request a specific person please note this in your initial email request to use this service.
Julie Banderas, PharmD, Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies at UMKC School of Medicine
Aaron Bonham, MS, Senior Statistician, UMKC Office for Health Services and Public Health Outcomes Research and the Department of Informatic Medicine and Personalized Health
Paul Cuddy, PharmD, Professor and Senior Associate Dean, UMKC School of Medicine
John Foxworth, PharmD, Professor of Medicine, UMKC School of Medicine
Mary Gerkovich, PhD, Associate Research Professor, UMKC Office for Health Services and Public Health Outcomes Research and the Department of Informatic Medicine and Personalized Health
Jian Li, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Informatic Medicine and Personalized Health
Yao-Zhong Liu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Informatic Medicine and Personalized Health
Yongjun Liu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Informatic Medicine and Personalized Health
Jill Moormeier, MD, Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education, UMKC School of Medicine
Steve Simon, PhD, Professor, Department of Informatic Medicine and Personalized Health
Travis Solomon, MD, PhD, Deputy Director, Department of Informatic Medicine and Personalized Health
Karen Williams, PhD, Director, Clinical and Applied Research Center, Professor, Department of Dental Public Health/Behavioral Science, UMKC School of Dentistry