Hammond D
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Clinical investigations today involves not only multidisciplinary teamwork but also investigators at multiple institutions observing the same criteria and standards in order to make possible the valid pooling of data in collaborative studies. As a result, there has been increasing awareness of the biostatistician's role, not simply in interpreting the data at the end of the study, but in every step of clinical investigation. This involvement ranges from study design and feasibility testing to data analysis and reporting. The problem is now a shortage of biostatisticians appropriately trained for clinical trials statistical methodology. As the statistician's role is of great importance, more graduate training programs in statistics should prepare statisticians for clinical trials work. This would pave the way to the many exciting and rewarding career opportunities which are available for statisticians in the area of clinical trails.
如今的临床研究不仅涉及多学科团队合作，还需要多个机构的研究人员遵循相同的标准和准则，以便在合作研究中有效地汇总数据。因此，人们越来越意识到生物统计学家的作用，这不仅体现在研究结束时对数据的解读上，还贯穿于临床研究的每一个环节。这种参与涵盖了从研究设计、可行性测试到数据分析和报告的各个方面。问题在于，缺乏经过临床试验统计方法适当培训的生物统计学家。由于统计学家的作用至关重要，更多的统计学研究生培训项目应使统计学家为临床试验工作做好准备。这将为统计学家在临床试验领域带来许多令人兴奋且有回报的职业机会。
