# Data Science Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI · 2024 · $419,526

## Abstract

MISSISSIPPI INBRE 
DATA SCIENCE CORE 
Project Summary/Abstract 
With advancements in biomedical research, leveraging diverse aspects of Data Science has become a critical 
component to understanding the complexity of biological and epidemiological data. The mission of the MS 
INBRE Data Science Core (DSC) is to provide a full-service resource that addresses advanced data analysis 
needs to further biomedical research and training infrastructure in MS. The DSC will leverage and expand 
infrastructure built by the “Bioinformatics Core” a key component of MS INBRE operations in the current and 
prior project periods. The experts assembled from MS Research-Intensive Institutions (RIIs) that make up the 
Core are dedicated to enhancing the biomedical research capacity in the state and training students and 
faculty in computational tools. The DSC is committed to providing continuing support of bioinformatic needs for 
all MS investigators for analysis of “omics” data. It will also begin new initiatives to promote the understanding 
and use of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques such as machine learning (ML), Deep learning (DL), and 
Convolution Neural Networks (CNNs), and recruit experts in molecular modeling for docking and virtual reality 
visualization to improve research and teaching. Additionally, new expertise in biostatistical approaches for 
epidemiology and data management will join the MS INBRE. The DSC will continue to work closely with the 
Molecular and Genomics Core, Proteomics Core, and metabolomic Core Facilities, which are integrated within 
the Instrumentation and Services Core (ISC), to provide expertise to investigators in analyzing complex 
biomolecular datasets. With introduction of the DSC, greater support for community-based participatory 
research (CBPR) projects with the Community Engagement and Training Core (CETC) will be offered by the 
MS INBRE. Critical services provided by the Core include access to commercial software, computational 
environments, and training for both research and curriculum development, making the DSC vital to the MS 
INBRE's mission to enhance the competitiveness of biomedical research and advance science education in 
MS. The following aims were developed to accomplish the goals of the core and complement the MS INBRE 
program: 1) To support analysis of “omics” data; 2) promote use of AI; 3) Offer resources for molecular 
modeling; and 4) Provide support dataset curation and analysis. At the completion of this project, we expect to 
have enhanced the quality of computational resources and training in the state and to have positively impacted 
biomedical projects for MS investigators particularly at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs).

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10850647
- **Project number:** 5P20GM103476-23
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
- **Principal Investigator:** Yufeng Zheng
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $419,526
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2001-09-20 → 2028-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10850647

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10850647, Data Science Core (5P20GM103476-23). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10850647. Licensed CC0.

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