# Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research Data Coordinating Center

> **NIH NIH U24** · RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE · 2024 · $1,739,436

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
To improve women’s and children’s health and make progress in addressing the U.N.’s Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), there is a need to continue researching sustainable, cost-effective health
interventions and strengthening research infrastructure and public health intervention capabilities in
developing countries. The NICHD Global Network (GN) is critical to helping the U.S. government address the
SDGs to reduce maternal mortality and end preventable newborn and child mortality. There is a crucial need
for an independent Data Coordinating Center (DCC) to provide statistical and operational expertise that
helps the GN complete high-impact research to influence policy. RTI has been the GN’s DCC since 2001
and proposes to continue in this role for the next cycle. We will maximize the global impact of the GN and
ensure a productive and accessible GN by collaborating with study investigators—both within and outside
the Network—to develop rigorous and relevant Network research protocols and budgets. We will ensure
seamless incorporation of research protocols developed by both GN and non-Network investigators through
systems developed to inform study design using knowledge of the GN sites. (1) Optimize the scientific
quality and operational efficiency of GN studies by supporting protocol design, training, implementation, and
study monitoring; developing rigorous statistical analysis plans; incorporating common data elements; and
effectively procuring external services, as needed, to support the research implementation. (2) Ensure high-
quality data collection and data management, rigorous monitoring of study progress, quality, and participant
safety. (3) Maximize the validity and scientific impact of Network research by providing timely, accurate
statistical analyses of GN research to support publication of study results; ensuring timely dissemination and
public sharing of data at study completion; and supporting study oversight by the Data Safety Monitoring
Board, the Steering Committee, research units, NICHD. (4) Enhance the efficiency, productivity, and
outreach of Network operations to Network and non-Network investigators by providing broad logistical
support, including telecommunications, meeting coordination and organization, web-based internal and
external communication systems, and regulatory support. Dr. Elizabeth McClure, the proposed PI, has
extensive experience in maternal and newborn studies, and will be assisted by senior research staff with
significant GN experience. This application has unique strengths to help advance the GN research agenda:
(1) a highly qualified, collaborative PI and staff with in-depth knowledge; (2) proven track record of scientific
productivity and leveraging the GN infrastructure to address emerging issues to advance NICHD scientific
goals; (3) robust data systems customized for the GN to ensure data quality for harmonized research; (4)
experts in biostatistics, epidemiology, commun...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10884354
- **Project number:** 5U24HD092094-07
- **Recipient organization:** RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
- **Principal Investigator:** Elizabeth M McClure
- **Activity code:** U24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $1,739,436
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-07-01 → 2030-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10884354

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10884354, Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research Data Coordinating Center (5U24HD092094-07). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10884354. Licensed CC0.

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