# Core B: Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

> **NIH NIH P50** · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · 2021 · $240,036

## Abstract

Core B Abstract
Core B, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, will be led by Joseph G. Ibrahim, Ph.D., Joel S. Parker, Ph.D., and
Steve Marron, Ph.D. The services of this Core include RNA and DNA sequence data management and
analysis, biostatistics, methodological development, and computational infrastructure. The capabilities in this
arena at UNC Lineberger and the UNC Gillings School of Public Health are nation-leading. This SPORE Core
is the most closely allied with the LCCC Bioinformatics Shared Resources and builds upon its strengths. Core
B will consist of investigators from the LCCC Bioinformatics Shared Resource led by Dr. Joel Parker, and the
LCCC Biostatistics shared resource lead by Dr. Joe Ibrahim. Core B bioinformatics will be co-led by Joel
Parker and Steve Marron, and assisted by Andrew Nobel and Katherine Hoadley. This group has developed
and applied data processing and analysis methods that are widely used across the world. Drs. Hoadley and
Parker remain key participants in the broader TCGA project having been vital authors on multiple TCGA
papers. Senior statisticians Drs. Marron and Nobel began working on genomic analysis in 2001, and have
been involved in analytic and methods development ever since. They are closely collaborative with the head of
the LCCC Biostatistics Shared Resource, Joe Ibrahim, PhD. He has led this Core for the past 5 years, and
biostatistician Dr. Bahjat Qaqish has been involved in this SPORE since the initial 1992 submission. Additional
key biostatistics personnel including Naim Rashid, who bring expertise in genomics and ChIP-seq to this Core.
The combined experience and ability of the LCCC Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resources will be
available to all projects in this SPORE. The funding for this SPORE Core B is for specific participation in the
four projects and to provide advice and analysis capabilities to Career Awardees and those developing pilot
projects.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10244927
- **Project number:** 5P50CA058223-27
- **Recipient organization:** UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
- **Principal Investigator:** James Stephen Marron
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $240,036
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-08-05 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10244927

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10244927, Core B: Biostatistics & Bioinformatics (5P50CA058223-27). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10244927. Licensed CC0.

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