Improving Epidemiology Study Designs When Using Biomonitoring for Exposure Assessment
SciPinion is seeking a panel of experts that will review statistical calculators for power and bias and develop recommendations to guide epidemiology study designs when biomonitoring is used for exposure assessment
Expertise required in:
- Statistics with particular expertise in power and bias calculations associated with measurement error
- Human biomonitoring
- Epidemiology study design
Work Description
1) Critically review statistical calculators
2) Answer charge questions (three rounds of review)
3) Panel findings may be written up in a manuscript
4) Panelists may be organized into two groups of experts with different levels of effort (payment scaled to anticipated level of effort)
2) Answer charge questions (three rounds of review)
3) Panel findings may be written up in a manuscript
4) Panelists may be organized into two groups of experts with different levels of effort (payment scaled to anticipated level of effort)
Review Format
Modified Delphi, 3 rounds
Blinding
Triple blinding. (1) Sponsor is blinded to the reviewers; (2) Reviewers are blinded to the sponsor; and (3) Reviewers are blinded to one another during the review. Identity of experts will be disclosed in final report and manuscript.
Level of effort
16 - 24 hours
Review Period
Dates are approximate and subject to change
From August 1, 2024 until October 11, 2024
Compensation
$4,000 - $5,000
Number of panelists
10
Travel
None. All interactions are conducted online
Follow-up work
Potential follow-up associated with developing a manuscript detailing findings from panel.