The Biostatistics Facility of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center (BF) currently comprises six PhD FTEs (staff and faculty in the Department of Biostatistics), two Master FTEs and two staff FTEs. The BF is involved with all of the Hillman research programs, and the GI, Brain and Hematology centers, and collaborates closely with Hillman Clinical Research Services, Medical Informatics, Bioinformatics, and several University departments. The BF supports the design, monitoring and analysis of bench, clinical and translational research. Each research area has a portfolio statistician, responsible for understanding the activities of the research area, who works with the Director to allocate BF resources as required. Statisticians acquire expertise in research platforms (e.g., Illumina, Ion Torrent, Flow Cytometry, Mass Spectrometry, NanoString) so that the BF has available in-house expertise for bench and translational experiments using these platforms. Statisticians regularly attend DSMB, dry lab and wet lab meetings to enhance the exchange of ideas between the BF and researchers. The BF is currently working with investigators on over 50 NCI-funded projects.