Clinical Informatics

Alfred Cecchetti, PhD, MSc, MSc IS
Director, Division of Clinical Informatics
Clinical Informatics Data Architect

From the Director of the Division of Clinical Informatics - Alfred Cecchetti, PhD, MSc, M Sc IS

The Clinical Informatics Core Facility has been created to establish an informatics infrastructure to support clinical and translational research in Appalachia West Virginia. Our mission is to transform the health and healthcare of West Virginians through leading-edge clinical informatics technologies.

Clinical Informatics is a multidisciplinary profession on the cutting edge which utilizes Information Technologies and Information Management techniques and integrates them into the health care arena.
The ultimate goals are to:
- Improve the quality of healthcare
- Reduce costs
- Increase efficiencies and productivity in all areas of health care

Services Offered

The Clinical Informatics Department offers a variety of services that can assist you or your department with Clinical and Translational Research. To request access or additional information on the services provided, please click on the boxes below.

Informatics Spotlight

Since the creation of the Division of Clinical Informatics, members of the Clinical Informatics team have published and presented innovative research. Below you can find some of their most recent work, putting our Clinical Informatics in the spotlight.

Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Niharika Bhardwaj, MBBS, MS
Clinical Data Scientist /
Informatics Research Coordinator
bhardwaj1@marshall.edu

Alfred Cecchetti,
PhD, MSC, MSc IS
Director
cecchetti@marshall.edu

Gouthami Kothakapu, MSCS
Data Warehouse Research System Analyst
kothakapu@marshall.edu

Rajan Lamichhane, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biostatistician
lamichhaner@marshall.edu

Bio-Stat Clinic

Dr. Rajan Lamichhane from the Department of Clinical and Translational Sciences (DCTS) runs Bio-Stat Clinic to provide data analytics services to all faculty, fellows, residents, and students free of cost (during clinic hours). Bio-Stat Clinic is comprised of a dedicated team of experts who are fully committed to providing data analytics services at different stages of research.

SERVICES (SERVICES ARE FREE OF COST DURING CLINIC HOURS)

Pre-award/pre-IRB research design consultation
- Sample size determination, study population/sample identification, study variable identification, study protocol development consultation, statistical analysis section writing, data collection guidance
Pilot study design and planning/survey design
- Questionnaire development and survey dissemination, collection, and storage through RedCAP
Data validation, management, and storage
Data analysis and report writing help
- Generate analysis reports, tables, graphs, and summary reports
- Perform post-hoc analysis for clinical trials and pilot studies
Manuscript preparation help
- Write ready-to-publish data summary and contribute to results and discussion sections.
- Review the final version of the manuscript

To find out more about our Bio-Stat Clinic, contact;

For New Projects

Michelle Peters, Administrative Assistant
304-691-1836 • 304-691-1840 (fax)
meadows43@marshall.edu

For Existing Projects

Rajan Lamichhane, Ph.D.
304-691-8648 • lamichhaner@marshall.edu