1. Faculty Research Summit 2009 SON and SPHIS Let’s Work in Parallel and Create Synergy

2. University Structure ‘The best career advice to give to the young faculty is: “Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it”.’

3. Rationale for Summit SPHIS faculty need individuals with clinical expertise. SON faculty need biostatistical support and experts in public health. Combining the skill sets from these two schools is needed and warranted and will enhance our research capabilities.

4. Summit Goal To accelerate our research and funding Increase our Capabilities Create synergy Discover solutions that lead to greater knowledge

5. Mechanisms for Achieving Goals Constructing working groups (Today!) Finding out what resources (researchers) exist in our specific topic area (at the other school) Open lines of communication between researchers Target funding mechanisms

6. Today’s Agenda SON researchers describe their research focus areas and where they could benefit from SPHIS support (1PM-2PM). Statistical Consulting Center discusses their capabilities and assets (2PM-2:15PM ). SPHIS faculty discusses projects that could benefit from SON involvement (2:15PM-3PM ) Breakout sessions for working groups (3PM)

7. JOHN MYERS, PHD MSPH DEPARTMENT OF BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOSTATISTICS Research Focus Areas

8. Research Lead by Me Cost-effectiveness Analysis and Quality of Life Research Survival Analysis Techniques Cardiology

9. As a Collaborator Quantitative methods Decision analysis methods Cost-effectiveness Analysis

10. Where I need Help Access to Patients Datasets for secondary analyses Clinical expertise and knowledge for manuscript preparation and grant applications

11. Where I can Help Quantitative analyses and write-ups Performing cost-effectiveness analyses Writing the statistical analytic plan for grant application

12. How I have Benefited from Existing Collaborations Grants Posters/Presentations Manuscripts Greater network of colleagues and friends