# Core-008

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · 2021 · $578,124

## Abstract

The Biostatistics Core is a Shared Resource organized to meet the diverse statistical needs of USC Norris 
investigators. The Core is led by two very experienced, biostatistical experts in clinical and translational study 
design and analysis, Dr. Susan Groshen (Core Director) and Dr. Richard Sposto (Core Co-Director). The Core 
also comprises faculty members of the prominent Division of Biostatistics in the Department of Preventive 
Medicine at the USC Keck School of Medicine – Drs. James Gauderman, Kimberly Siegmund, Joshua 
Millstein, and Chih-Ping Chou – who represent complementary expertise in statistical design and analysis 
methods in population science, cancer prevention and control, genetic epidemiology, and epigenetics. These 
faculty, along with a well-trained and well-mentored staff of six PhD and MS statisticians and two technical 
experts in clinical database design, make the Core extremely effective in collaborating with investigators in all 
Cancer Center programs to design laboratory, clinical, and population studies, carry out complex statistical 
analyses, author and co-author scientific papers, ensure the proper conduct of clinical trials and the integrity of 
the data collected, develop statistical designs and analytic plans in support of applications for extramural 
funding, and serve as co-investigators on research grants. During the project period, Core members have 
worked with 118 USC Norris Cancer Center members on 823 cancer-related projects, resulting in a 
substantive contribution to 74 awarded grants for research funding that total $38M in direct costs ($55M total 
costs) in support of Cancer Center research over the last project period. Core members co-authored or 
authored 214 cancer-related publications. They have also actively participated in the Clinical Investigation 
Committee (PRMS), Data and Safety Monitoring Committee (DSMC), Quality Assurance Committee (QAC), 
and Study Progress and Monitoring (SPAM) Subcommittee.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10303170
- **Project number:** 3P30CA014089-45S7
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- **Principal Investigator:** CARYN LERMAN
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $578,124
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 1996-12-01 → 2021-11-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10303170

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10303170, Core-008 (3P30CA014089-45S7). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10303170. Licensed CC0.

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