# NIAID VIROLOGY QUALITY ASSURANCE (VQA)

> **NIH NIH N01** · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $2,848,397

## Abstract

The purpose of the NIAID Virology Quality Assurance (VQA) program is to provide a comprehensive quality assessment program for virologic assays for HIV, and other viral pathogens, performed on samples from subjects enrolled in NIAID-sponsored multisite clinical studies. The VQA program ensures the validity and inter- and intra-laboratory comparability of virologic laboratory data obtained from NIAID-supported clinical trials and HIV natural history studies by providing laboratories with proficiency testing panels and real-time assay run controls and analyzing proficiency panel and assay run data from each laboratory. The VQA program also implements standards of performance for existing and state-of-the-art new virologic assays, develops and tests biostatistical methods relating to the assays, and acquires, tests, stores and dispenses quality control materials and reagents.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10199731
- **Project number:** 75N93019C00015-P00001-9999-1
- **Recipient organization:** DUKE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** THOMAS DENNY
- **Activity code:** N01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $2,848,397
- **Award type:** —
- **Project period:** 2020-06-21 → 2021-06-20

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10199731

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10199731, NIAID VIROLOGY QUALITY ASSURANCE (VQA) (75N93019C00015-P00001-9999-1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10199731. Licensed CC0.

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