# Program 08 Cancer Data Sciences

> **NIH NIH P30** · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · 2024 · $38,623

## Abstract

Cancer Data Sciences Program
Project Summary / Abstract
The DF/HCC Program in Cancer Data Sciences (CDS) fosters a broad range of research in statistical,
computational, and mathematical questions that arise in cancer investigations. The interests, expertise, and
research approaches of the members contribute to the aims of the Program and DF/HCC directly and through
inter-disciplinary projects of Program members with others across population, clinical, and basic cancer
research. The focus on innovation, grant-supported research, formal training, and transdisciplinary
collaboration distinguish the CDS Program from the service focus of the Biostatistics Shared Resource.
The Program’s 62 members (46 primary and 16 secondary) represent all seven DF/HCC institutions and 13
academic departments. In 2019, peer-reviewed grant funding attributed to the Program was $9.2 million in
direct costs from the NCI and $4.0 million from other sponsors. During the current funding period, primary CDS
Program members published 1,123 cancer-relevant papers. Of these, 37% were inter-institutional, 8% were
intra-programmatic and 57% were inter-programmatic collaborations between two or more DF/HCC members.
The Program’s Specific Aims are to 1) develop and disseminate Data Science that responds to emerging
unmet needs regarding study design, data organization, data integration, and data analysis in population,
clinical, and basic cancer research studies, and 2) develop innovative new software for implementation of
these methods. To realize the full potential of these Aims, Program members collaborate extensively across
the consortium to help achieve the Cancer Center’s strategic goals. We also aim to equip a new generation of
researchers, including those from underrepresented minority backgrounds, with the creativity and quantitative
skills necessary to tackle difficult cancer problems.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10768668
- **Project number:** 5P30CA006516-59
- **Recipient organization:** DANA-FARBER CANCER INST
- **Principal Investigator:** Franziska Michor
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $38,623
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-03-10 → 2026-11-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10768668

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10768668, Program 08 Cancer Data Sciences (5P30CA006516-59). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10768668. Licensed CC0.

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