# Irvine Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science

> **NIH NIH R25** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · 2022 · $243,771

## Abstract

Irvine Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Undergraduate Data Science
Project Summary
 The goal of this project is to establish a Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Undergraduate Data Sci-
ence at the University of California, Irvine. The investigators will develop short courses in modern method-
ology and practice of biostatistics and data science. These courses will highlight applications in cutting
edge biomedical research, will train students in fundamentals of biostatistics, data science, and com-
puting, and will culminate in a team project co-supervised by statisticians and biomedical scientists. In
addition, the institute will include sessions helping students improve their transferrable skills: e.g., oral
and written presentation skills. Particular attention will be paid to mentoring and career guidance. The
institute will culminate with a mini-symposium with keynote lectures and a student poster session. One
of the main goals of the proposed institute will be attracting mathematically inclined undergraduate
students, especially from groups that are underrepresented in STEM fields, to the field of Biostatistics
and Biomedical Data Science.
 UC Irvine is ideally suited for hosting the proposed institute. The institute leadership team consists
of UC Irvine Statistics faculty. The Department of Statistics at UC Irvine is heavily invested in biomedical
research directly relevant to the mission of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and National Insti-
tute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which guarantees that there will be no shortage of highly qualified
summer institute instructors. Design and analysis of clinical trials, causal inference, modeling of infectious
disease dynamics, analysis of big data in genomics, transcriptomics, and image analysis provide a small
sample of potential applications that will be used as examples in the institute short courses. Another ad-
vantage of Statistics faculty being at the helm of the summer institute is vast experience of the leadership
team and the rest of the department faculty in teaching and mentoring undergraduate students. The School
of Information and Computer Science, which houses Computer Science, Informatics, and Statistics Depart-
ments, is a national leader in Data Science education and research — the school is home to one of the first
in the nation Data Science undergraduate degree programs and Data Science Institute that serves as a hub
of data-driven research at UC Irvine. UC Irvine successful recruitment of underrepresented populations
has been recognized by Hispanic-serving institution and Asian American and Native American Pacific Is-
lander Serving Institution designations. The summer institute recruitment of participants will tap into UC
Irvine existing programs and infrastructure for reaching out to underrepresented student groups. The con-
fluence of Biostatistics and Biomedical Data Science expertise, investment in Data Science research and
pedagogical innovations, ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10368726
- **Project number:** 1R25AI170491-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Mine Dogucu
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $243,771
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2022-04-01 → 2027-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10368726

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10368726, Irvine Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science (1R25AI170491-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10368726. Licensed CC0.

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