# Biostatistics/Epidemiology Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · 2021 · $800

## Abstract

STUDY DESCRIPTION/ABSTRACT
Despite a focus on the clinical management of HIV-1 and HIV-1 associated malignancies, the University
Teaching Hospital (UTH) and the Zambia Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH) in Lusaka currently lack research
infrastructure and expertise for epidemiology and biostatistics. Thus, the establishment of a Biostatistics and
Epidemiology Core facility is essential to support the training, research, and capacity-building emphasis of the
proposed Zambia AIDS Malignancies Diagnosis and Pathogenesis Program (ZAMDAPP). Such a core is
critical in the design of high quality research studies that are precise, accurate, and rigorous. The service
provided by the core will include consultation in study design concepts, establishing study size to achieve
statistical power, data management practices and quality controls, and statistical analysis of complex data sets
to answer current and future research questions. These services will be provided to the two consortium-
supported research projects as essential elements of successful project implementation. It will also be
imparted to Zambian trainees and to the recipients of ZAMDAPP pilot projects, and ultimately to all cancer
researchers at UTH and CDH, an overall goal of expanding Zambian research infrastructure and expertise. As
such, the goals of the core are to provide experimental design and implementation support in developmental
phases for the research projects and pilot projects and meet data analysis needs of the research and future
pilot projects, including: statistical data analyses, descriptive analysis, hypothesis testing, estimations,
modeling, generation of statistical reports, development of materials for presentation, and publication of study
findings. Finally, the core will prioritize training and skills transfer by organizing workshops related to relevant
biostatistics and epidemiological needs in cancer research and HIV-1 associated malignancies, by conducting
regular meetings, facilitate progress with data collection, quality controls and analysis, and by contributing to
the Career Enhancement Core by providing expertise, resources and facilitation for peer-to-peer mentoring
sessions focused on epidemiology and biostatistics.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10242675
- **Project number:** 5U54CA221204-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN
- **Principal Investigator:** GLEB R HAYNATZKI
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $800
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-15 → 2021-10-15

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10242675

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10242675, Biostatistics/Epidemiology Core (5U54CA221204-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10242675. Licensed CC0.

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