Introduction
The Biostatistics Research Branch is located within the Division of Clinical Research.
Members of the BRB provide statistical advice and assistance to staff throughout NIAID.
Briefly, BRB members
- Engage in collaborative research with NIAID scientists (intramural and extramural)
- Develop new statistical methods related to any aspect of NIAID research
- Develop new mathematical models to describe the biology of infectious diseases or immune responses
- Provide statistical advice and oversight for extramural and intramural research
- Review or help develop protocols
- Serve on the intramural Institutional Review Board and on certain extramural data monitoring boards
- Develop new statistical methods or mathematical models that lead to more reliable, efficient, or insightful scientific inferences to further the NIAID mission
BRB Staff
- Dean Follmann, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistician Branch Chief
- Victoria Bera, Clinical Data Management Specialist II
- Erica H. Brittain, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistician
- Rebecca DerSimonian, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistician
- Michele Di Mascio, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistician
- Lori E. Dodd, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistician
- Michael Duvenhage, Clinical Trials Data Operations Manager [C]
- Michael P. Fay, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistician
- Misrak Gezmu, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistician
- Erin Gabriel, Ph.D., Special Volunteer
- Aurelie Gouel, M.D., Ph.D., Special Volunteer
- Iman Gulati, Clinical Data Management Specialist II
- Zonghui Hu, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistician
- Sally Hunsberger, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistician
- C. Jason Liang, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistician
- Jonathan Fintzi Ph.D., Biostatistician [C]
- Keith Lumbard, M.S., Biostatistician [C]
- Martha Nason, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistician
- Michael Proschan, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistician
- Jing Qin, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistician
- Sharat Srinivasula, M.S., Mathematician [C]
- Bruce Swihart, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistician
- Ana Maria Ortega-Villa, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistician
- Jing Wang, M.S., Biostatistician I [C]
Contact Information
- For questions about statistical grants within NIAID, contact Dr. Misrak Gezmu.
- For statistical consulting questions, contact the branch chief, Dr. Dean Follmann.
- To contact a particular staff member, see the BRB Staff List.
Location
5601 Fishers Lane, MSC 9820
Rockville, MD 20892-9820
Phone: 301-761-7510
Fax: 301-480-0912