# Sex-Based Precision Medicine Research Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · 2024 · $383,608

## Abstract

The Sex-Based Precision Medicine Research Core (SPMRC) will promote and support sex- and gender-
based precision medicine (SPM) research at the Tulane Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Sex-
Based Precision Medicine (COBRE in SPM) and assist Research Project Leaders (RPLs) and Pilot Project
Leaders (PPLs) in obtaining independent research funding. The study of sex and gender differences is a
discipline in itself, with its own concepts and methods that apply across cells and tissues as well as clinical and
population health. This critical aspect of SPM requires the use and knowledge of quantitative methods including
biostatistics, epidemiology, and bioinformatics to design and analyze studies to assess the interactions of sex
and gender with race, age, and social determinants of health (e.g., occupational hazards, lifestyle, social
stresses, access to healthcare). With David Crosslin, PhD, Associate Professor in the Division of Biomedical
Informatics and Genomics in the John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine
as Director of the SPMRC, the SPMRC will support and foster these activities through the following aims:
Aim 1: Discovery: To provide SPM RPLs, PPLs, Tulane University investigators, and collaborators with
the methodological resources to conduct SPM basic and clinical science studies.
Aim 2: Implementation: To provide RPLs, PPLs, Tulane University investigators, and collaborators with
the methodological resources to conduct state-of-the-art SPM implementation trials and studies.
Aim 3: Dissemination: To engage the scientific community in the ongoing adoption, use, and
improvement of the SPMRC.
The aims proposed will place the SPMRC at the forefront of SPM. The SPMRC will complement but not duplicate
existing resources at Tulane, including the Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science (LA CaTS) Center
Statistical Core, the Tulane Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Women’s
Health Resource Laboratory, and the Tulane Center for Bioinformatics & Genomics. In addition to tracking
consultations for evaluation of impact, researchers utilizing SPMRC resources will be asked to cite a DOI and
grant number, which will track usage within publications. We will report on all publications, presentations, grants,
and patents successfully submitted and accepted that receive support from the SPMRC.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10770671
- **Project number:** 1P20GM152305-01
- **Recipient organization:** TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
- **Principal Investigator:** David Russell Crosslin
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $383,608
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2024-02-01 → 2028-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10770671

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10770671, Sex-Based Precision Medicine Research Core (1P20GM152305-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10770671. Licensed CC0.

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