Director: Gang Li, Ph.D.

Co-Director: Robert Elashoff, Ph.D.

Location:
AV-357 Center for Health Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1766

Telephone: (310) 794-5861

Fax: (310) 267-2611

E-mail: vli@ucla.edu

Website: http://www.biomath.medsch.ucla.edu

Services:

• Serves as the biostatistical and biomathematical resource for UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) investigators in the areas of basic science and clinical research design, data analysis and modeling, computing and data management. In addition, the BASE Unit provides mathematical and statistical analyses for tissue analysis, gene expression, pharmacokinetics and clinical trials.
• Members of the BASE Unit provide critical expertise to protocol review and approval functions of the Internal Scientific Peer Review Committee (ISPRC), the Internal Quality Assurance Committee and the Seed Grant Review Committee. Members also assist individual Cancer Center investigators in grant and manuscript review and preparation.
• Provides a stable resource of productive biostatistical and biomathematical faculty and staff capable of both short-term consulting and establishing long-term collaborative ties with JCCC members in specific program areas. The BASE Unit consists of six faculty members and twelve staff members at the M.S., Ph.D. or M.D. level.
• Develops graduate student participation in cancer-related studies supervised by the BASE Unit and provide training to fellows and faculty in the design and conduct of research.
• Assists JCCC and other specialized centers in their research and reporting functions.

Costs:
Extended assistance (i.e., other than short-term consulting) from a BASE Unit faculty member or staff costs to support an investigator may be arranged by recharge. BASE Unit faculty who develop a long-term collaborative research program with an investigator are generally represented on separate grants or contracts.

Operating Policies:
Requests to the BASE Unit for consulting services to Cancer Center investigators are initiated by telephone, either to the Director or to one of the BASE Unit faculty. If the request is short-term (simple data analysis, simple design problem, isolated manuscript review, etc.) and not part of pre-existing collaborative work with a BASE Unit member, the inquiry is referred to a BASE Unit member covering that program area or a related area or to the Statistical/Biomathematical Consulting Clinic consultant assigned to the BASE Unit.