# Core 3: Biostatistics and Evaluation (BEC)

> **NIH NIH P01** · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $109,595

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY – BIOSTATISTICS AND EVALUATION CORE (BEC) 
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:** 10381636
- **Project number:** 5P01CA229143-04
- **Recipient organization:** OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Michael Pennell
- **Activity code:** P01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $109,595
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-04-11 → 2024-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10381636

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10381636, Core 3: Biostatistics and Evaluation (BEC) (5P01CA229143-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10381636. Licensed CC0.

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