# Academic Leadership Award for Statistical Training in Multidisciplinary Aging Research

> **NIH NIH K07** · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · 2024 · $154,655

## Abstract

Abstract
Aging research studies are increasingly multidisciplinary in nature with longitudinal study design and
extensive data collection including genomic, multi-omics, and large electronic medical records data in
addition to traditional clinical data. These increased complexities in study design and data dimensionality
present special challenges to aging researchers in data analyses and result interpretation for meaningful
and reproducible scientific discoveries. I have conducted independent statistical research and have also
collaborated extensively with investigators in aging research during my two-decades career at Indiana
University School of Medicine. I have also mentored junior investigators on K-applications and directed
Ph.D. students in research focused on statistical methods in aging research. The Academic Leadership
Award will provide support for developing a comprehensive statistical training program that includes
advanced statistical methods tailored to physicians and scientists in aging research and illustrated using
case studies from aging research projects. The first aim is to develop an Advanced Statistical Methods in
Aging Research curriculum that will provide comprehensive, in-depth training of modern statistical
methods applicable to aging research. The second aim is to enhance research capacity at Indiana
University by providing data resources and analytical tools from completed and ongoing aging studies to
support secondary data analyses and pilot projects. The third aim is to provide individual mentoring to
junior investigators for obtaining career development awards. A comprehensive, robust and advanced
statistical training program will lead to better study design, increased research productivity, higher
research quality and reproducible scientific discoveries in aging research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10877880
- **Project number:** 5K07AG076659-03
- **Recipient organization:** INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS
- **Principal Investigator:** SUJUAN GAO
- **Activity code:** K07 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $154,655
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2022-08-15 → 2027-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10877880

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10877880, Academic Leadership Award for Statistical Training in Multidisciplinary Aging Research (5K07AG076659-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10877880. Licensed CC0.

---

*[NIH grants dataset](/datasets/nih-grants) · CC0 1.0*