Statistical principles and methods are critical to the success of biomedical and translational research. However, it is difficult to track and evaluate the monetary value of a biostatistician to a medical school (SoM). Limited published data on this topic are available, especially comparing across SoMs. Using National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards and American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) faculty counts data (2010–2013), together with online information on biostatistics faculty from 119 institutions across the country, we demonstrated that the number of biostatistics faculty was significantly positively associated with the amount of NIH awards, both as a school total and on a per faculty basis, across various sizes of U.S. SoMs. Biostatisticians, as a profession, should be proactive in communicating and advocating the value of their work and their unique contribution to the long-term success of a biomedical research enterprise. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.

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美国医学院的生物统计学系和 NIH 奖

统计原理和方法对于生物医学和转化研究的成功至关重要。但是，很难跟踪和评估生物统计学家对医学院 (SoM) 的货币价值。关于此主题的已发布数据有限，尤其是在 SoM 之间进行比较。使用美国国立卫生研究院 (NIH) 奖项和美国医学院协会 (AAMC) 教员统计数据（2010-2013 年），以及来自全国 119 个机构的生物统计学教员在线信息，我们证明了生物统计学教员的数量是与 NIH 奖项的数量显着正相关，无论是在学校总数还是在每个教员的基础上，在各种规模的美国 SoM 中。生物统计学家，作为一种职业，应积极主动地交流和宣传他们的工作价值以及他们对生物医学研究企业长期成功的独特贡献。本文的补充材料可在线获取。