The Collaborative Health Studies Coordinating Center (CHSCC) is housed in the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health (SPH) at the University of Washington (UW).

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The Collaborative Health Studies Coordinating Center is a non-profit, academic organization with over 30 years of experience running multi-site epidemiologic studies and clinical trials. Our center is a collaborative effort involving faculty, staff and students from the Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Washington. Our team of programmers, biostatisticians, epidemiologists and project managers provides expertise in study design, data collection and management, and statistical analysis. Our mission is to support studies that further scientific inquiry in areas that will ultimately impact public health. We also support the next generation of researchers by offering assistantships to current students and postdoctoral fellowships to recent graduates.

CHSCC Leadership Team

Robyn L. McClelland, PhD


Director and Principal Investigator

Richard A. Kronmal, PhD


Founding Director and Principal Investigator

Craig Johnson, MS


Associate Director, Research

Lisa Sharamitaro, MA

Associate Director, Fiscal and Administrative