# Core 3: Biostatistics and Evaluation (BEC)

> **NIH NIH P01** · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $10,051

## Abstract

The primary objective of the Biostatistics and Evaluation Core (BEC) is to provide the project investigators with
a centralized resource for comprehensive statistical services as well as cost effectiveness analysis and program
evaluation. To achieve this goal, the Core will collaborate with project investigators throughout the proposed
Program Project to design the proposed studies, perform data analysis, and evaluate each project and the
overall program project. The Core consists of statisticians with an extensive track record in health disparities
research and behavioral intervention studies, a health services researcher with expertise in cost effectiveness
analysis, and a nationally recognized cancer prevention researcher with expertise in evaluating health behavior
interventions. The members of this Core have built strong collaborative relationships with one another and with
project investigators, having worked together on previous grants and publications. The Core will leverage their
expertise and relationships with investigators to conduct the following specific aims: a) collaborate with the
project investigators in the formulation of hypotheses and the design of experimental studies; b) conduct the
analysis of data generated by the project investigators including summary statistics, hypothesis testing of the
primary outcome data, and sensitivity and exploratory analyses leading to hypothesis discovery; c) conduct cost
effectiveness analyses of each component of the intervention program and the overall program; and d) build on
a foundation of program evaluation established in previous collaborations, and, using the Proctor Model for
Implementation Research, track and assess implementation of project plans and core activities, and provide
feedback to leadership. The BEC will have extensive interactions with the Survey and Data Collection Core
(SDCC) to ensure that the data are collected and distributed in a manner that allows effective analysis of data
from the projects. The BEC will also collaborate with the other cores to prepare for Data and Safety Monitoring
Board meetings and perform needs assessments of the different health systems. The statistical analyses
performed by the Core will also play a crucial role in the dissemination of effective interventions.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10268458
- **Project number:** 3P01CA229143-02S1
- **Recipient organization:** OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Michael Pennell
- **Activity code:** P01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $10,051
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2019-04-11 → 2024-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10268458

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10268458, Core 3: Biostatistics and Evaluation (BEC) (3P01CA229143-02S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10268458. Licensed CC0.

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