# Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · 2021 · $2

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY – Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core
The NCI Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) to the Abramson Cancer Center (ACC) has funded the
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core (BBC), formerly the Biostatistics Core, continuously since its
establishment in 1978. The BBC was rated “Exceptional” in the 2015 renewal as part of a Shared Resources
Group (per the old FOA). In the current funding period, the BBC added expertise in methods for analysis of big
health data such as `omics data and electronic health records data. ACC-supported bioinformatics services
were consolidated to enhance centralized availability and cost-efficiency in the BBC. The BBC provides expert
biostatistical, bioinformatics, and data management guidance in the design, conduct and analysis of research
projects conducted by ACC members, and offers training in all aspects of design and analysis. Core personnel
apply existing design and analysis methodologies, and also adapt or develop new methods to address novel
design and analysis issues arising in cancer studies. A major BBC responsibility is to support the design and
conduct of clinical trials. As such, the BBC plays a key role in the Protocol Review and Monitoring System,
particularly through the Clinical Trials Scientific Review and Monitoring Committee. Qi Long, PhD, Professor of
Biostatistics, has served as BBC Director since 2016 and leads an accomplished and highly collaborative team
primarily drawn from the faculty of the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics in the
Perelman School of Medicine. In the current funding period, the BBC continued to be a dynamic presence in
the ACC, providing collaborative biostatistical, bioinformatics and data management support to ACC members
in basic, translational, clinical, and population science research as well as in community outreach and
engagement activities. BBC members co-authored more than 300 cancer-related publications; collaboration
with the BBC was essential to the funding of many cancer-related grants, including seven P01s, three P50s,
one P42, three U54s, and two U24s in areas such as skin, pancreatic, lung, breast, thoracic, cervical, and
esophageal cancers, hematologic malignancies, smoking cessation research, and environmental
carcinogenesis, as well as 27 R01s, one R37 and numerous R21s, K-series grants, and foundation and state
government grants. In addition, BBC members provided key support to monitor cancer incidence and mortality
in the catchment area. ACC members accounted for 93 of 93 investigators (100%) using the Shared Resource
during the most recent reporting period (07/01/18 – 06/30/19). In summary, the BBC is composed of a superbly
qualified, productive, versatile and highly collaborative team of biostatistics, bioinformatics and data
management professionals who are deeply involved in supporting research and community outreach and
engagement activities in the ACC. The services provided by the BBC substantially increase sci...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10088759
- **Project number:** 2P30CA016520-45
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Qi Long
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $2
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 1997-01-15 → 2025-11-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10088759

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10088759, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core (2P30CA016520-45). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10088759. Licensed CC0.

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