# Core BBiostatistics and Data Management Core

> **NIH NIH P01** · HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM · 2021 · $102,799

## Abstract

The objective of the Biostatistics and Data Management Core (Core B) of the Microbiota Allergy and 
Asthma Precision Prevention (MAAP2) P01 renewal application is to support the development and conduct of 
the four Projects and the four additional Cores. The expertise provided by Core B will aid all four Projects, 
allowing them to be efficiently and rigorously designed, conducted, monitored, and analyzed. Core B will also 
help ensure the timely and accurate acquisition and merging of data, and its dispersion to the various Projects, 
as well as maintaining data integrity for long term storage. Building upon a robust structure of Core B and 
integration with all of the Projects and Cores established during the initial funding period, the MAAP2 Core B 
Specific Aims are to: 1) continue to maintain and extend database infrastructure from the initial funding period 
to allow for efficient, accurate, and secure data storage and retrieval; 2) assure data integrity by scheduled 
review of data via checking distributions for unusual values (outliers), cross-checking groups of variables for 
internal consistency, and performing appropriate quality checks; 3) supply accurate, up-to-date, and well- 
documented files for analysis to the Projects; 4) perform the selection of study participants for the nested case- 
control study (Project 1), as well as samples based on maternal risk (Projects 2 and 3); 5) provide statistical 
methodological development and expertise on innovative statistical methods for designing and analyzing the 
various studies in MAAP2; 6) collaborate with investigators in the preparation of manuscripts and abstracts by 
performing and providing written summaries of analyses with interpretations to aid in inference; and 7) apply 
the highest standards of reproducible research by maintaining all analysis plans and using the most up-to-date 
methods for analysis code and data documentation for publication with manuscripts. 
 To address these Specific Aims, Core B will rely on and extend infrastructure and tools it has developed 
and implemented during the initial P01 funding period. This list includes: 1) robust database systems including 
the Lab Sample Tracking and Routing Website, which has resulted no misplaced or lost samples to date; 2) a 
regular schedule of collaborative meetings with all Projects and Cores to ensure that all investigators and Core 
members are kept up-to-date with data processing, sample selection, and analyses, as well as to discuss the 
development of abstracts and manuscripts; 3) automated quality checks of data and documentation of those 
checks; 4) an analysis request and history tracking system to provide the highest level of transparency to the 
scientific community. Over the previous five years, Core B members have also developed expertise in the 
analysis of microbiome data by keeping up-to-date with the methods in the literature. Core B members will 
continue to do so to provide the most cutting edge an...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10232178
- **Project number:** 5P01AI089473-08
- **Recipient organization:** HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM
- **Principal Investigator:** Jia Li
- **Activity code:** P01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $102,799
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2012-07-06 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10232178

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10232178, Core BBiostatistics and Data Management Core (5P01AI089473-08). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10232178. Licensed CC0.

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