# Biostatistics and Research Design Shared Resource

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · 2024 · $139,384

## Abstract

BIOSTATISTICS AND RESEARCH DESIGN SHARED RESOURCE: ABSTRACT
The Biostatistics and Research Design Shared Resource (BRD SR) plays a critical role in research activities at
the Stephenson Cancer Center (SCC) through supporting biostatistical and research design needs for SCC
members. The BRD SR is directed by Sara Vesely, PhD (CPC) and co-directed by Daniel Zhao, PhD (CT),
and has seven PhD-level faculty and six staff. The BRD SR provides biostatistical and research design
assistance for a variety of projects, including basic science experiments, meta-analyses, secondary data
analysis, genetic data and bioinformatics analysis, observational studies, qualitative studies, community
research, pilot trials, randomized clinical trials, and phase I investigator-initiated trials (IITs). Major consultative
services provided by BRD SR faculty include assistance with refining aims and outcomes, appropriate study
design selection, data collection planning, development of statistical analysis and data monitoring plans,
creation of random allocation schemes, sample size calculations, and grant preparation.
The BRD SR is a cost-efficient resource to assist SCC members in a timely manner, free of direct charge,
through project conception, development, grant writing, implementation, analysis, and manuscript writing.
Services can be accessed online via the SCC / BRD SR webpages, with an online service request form. BRD
SR faculty and staff have a diverse set of expertise, including database creation and management, research
design, biostatistical analysis, statistical genetics analysis, geo-spatial methods, sampling strategies and
weighting, data monitoring, and grant writing. In 2021, 57 total SCC members utilized the BRD SR, accounting
for 73% of BRD SR usage. SCC members with peer-reviewed support (n=41) accounted for 53% of the total
usage. In 2021, the BRD SR supported over 140 cancer-focused SCC projects (ongoing grants, IITs, and other
projects) and 105 grant submissions (submissions and resubmissions). From 2017 to 2021, the BRD SR
provided biostatistical consultation services to 80 full and associate members across all three SCC programs.
The number of SCC member users has steadily increased each year – 36 (2017), 44 (2018), 46 (2019), 50
(2020), 57 (2021) – a 58% increase in annual SR usage from the beginning to the end of the reporting period.
Future plans are focused on the addition of faculty (2-4) and staff (2-4) biostatisticians over the next five years,
expertise to be determined by SCC strategic growth and needs, and to be recruited in partnership with the
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10838604
- **Project number:** 5P30CA225520-07
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Sara Katherine Vesely
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $139,384
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-05-01 → 2028-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10838604

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10838604, Biostatistics and Research Design Shared Resource (5P30CA225520-07). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10838604. Licensed CC0.

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