# Data Management and Analysis Core

> **NIH NIH P42** · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · 2021 · $190,811

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY: Data Management and Analysis Core 
The Iowa Superfund Research Program (ISRP) tackles a highly complex issue that requires a well-integrated 
thematic approach. The Data Management and Analysis Core (DMAC) will provide the expertise, tools, and 
workflow optimization to support and maximize ISRP research results and impact. The DMAC and project 
leaders will develop tailored Priority Analysis Plans with rigorous Quality Assurance to assure accuracy, 
precision, representativeness, comparability, and reproducibility using appropriate statistical and analytical 
methods. As a result, ISRP projects will make high-impact discoveries, publish in high-quality journals, and 
provide timely scientific guidance to stakeholders regarding PCBs in the environment and their effect on 
human health. DMAC will have five Specific Aims: 1) develop, maintain, and automate data management, 
data-sharing, and quality assurance infrastructure for full reproducibility, transparency, and rigor in all ISRP 
studies; 2) support ISRP projects and cores with embedded expert biostatical contributions, services, and 
guidance; 3) develop novel statistical methods and associated software for data analytic challenges that impact 
all ISRP projects, cores, and affiliated sciences; 4) support the Research Experience and Training 
Coordination Core by providing guidance, resources, events, and instruction on data science and informatics to 
trainees and investigators; and 5) provide the data management and analytical foundations for research 
integration across the ISRP. Activities proposed under DMAC Specific Aim 3 address SRP mandates 2 and 3, 
which call for novel statistical methods and tools to support detection and risk assessment. Activities under 
Specific Aim 5 address SRP mandates 1, 2, and 4 by integrating data and methods from across the ISRP into 
cost-effective solutions and strategies to comprehensively assess and reduce population-scale PCB risks to 
human health. Through DMAC, the ISRP is charting new territory at the University of Iowa (UI). This work 
represents a unique opportunity to align existing resources to support interdisciplinary research. With the help 
of our UI partners, the DMAC will be an early adopter of proven enabling approaches and technologies for data 
management, data-sharing, reproducible research workflows, and informatics investigation and training. DMAC 
will lead the application of biostatistics and informatics to support and optimize ISRP research. We will provide 
expert staff, platforms, policies, and research support for all ISRP projects and cores throughout the research 
process, including training and methods to maximize research outcomes, applied solutions, replicable 
products, and sound evidence-based decision support. DMAC’s activities will enhance full ISRP integration 
and catalyze effective development, refinement, application, and sharing of innovative solutions generated by 
ISRP interdisciplinary and t...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10135986
- **Project number:** 5P42ES013661-16
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
- **Principal Investigator:** KAI WANG
- **Activity code:** P42 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $190,811
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2006-05-12 → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10135986

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10135986, Data Management and Analysis Core (5P42ES013661-16). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10135986. Licensed CC0.

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