# Biostatistics Core

> **NIH NIH P50** · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · 2021 · $295,240

## Abstract

Project Summary
The ovarian SPORE Biostatistics Core will provide the statistical and computational support for all three
Ovarian Cancer SPORE Projects. This core will also provide support for the Pathology Core, Organoids, Model
Systems, and Biomarkers Core and Developmental Projects. This Core will be jointly based at the
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Biostatistics Center and Dana-Farber Cancer the Department of Data
Sciences at Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI). The Core Directors, Dr. Nabihah Tayob and Dr. Steven
Skates, will bring in statistical expertise required for experimental design, pre-clinical and clinical studies, as
well as data collection, management, integration, and quality control. The core has identified five key areas
where the members of the core will collaborate with project investigators and core leaders to ensure integrated
and comprehensive biostatistical support to the entire Ovarian SPORE. The primary role of the Biostatistics
Core is to provide biostatistics expertise for the design, conduct, monitoring, analysis, and reporting of
laboratory, animal, translational, clinical studies, including associated correlative studies for SPORE Projects,
Developmental Research and Career Enhancement Projects, and other Cores. The Biostatistics Core will also
provide input on data collection and assist SPORE investigators in coordinating laboratory results with
outcomes from clinical studies or clinical/translational research databases, provide short-term biostatistics
consulting to the entire group of SPORE researchers, assist in the evaluation of Developmental Research and
Career Enhancement Programs and work with SPORE investigators to develop new statistical methods to
address problems arising in ovarian cancer research for which no standard methodologies are available.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10228049
- **Project number:** 5P50CA240243-02
- **Recipient organization:** DANA-FARBER CANCER INST
- **Principal Investigator:** Steven J Skates
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $295,240
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-08-03 → 2025-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10228049

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10228049, Biostatistics Core (5P50CA240243-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10228049. Licensed CC0.

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