# Data and Modeling Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA · 2020 · $493,714

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
Montana is the most rural state in the West region, and improving overall health and reducing risks among
rural children requires a comprehensive understanding of how prevention strategies can be developed for,
adapted to, and tested in rural communities. Among the barriers faced by investigators addressing important
rural health issues is the difficulty in accessing electronic medical records and other sensitive data sources
outside an academic medical center. For the first time in Montana, the DM Core will provide a central resource
for capture and management of electronic health records, vital statistics and other sensitive records across
multiple providers and data sources. Another challenge faced by rural health investigators is that rural
communities present unique challenges from a data analytics perspective. In particular, rural communities are
more insular, more sparsely populated, have more limited environmental monitoring, and often have less
access to health-related resources. Such factors will require innovative biostatistical and modeling approaches
that are supported by high performance computing (HPC) capabilities. The DM Core will provide the
biostastistical and modeling expertise as well as the HPC resources to address these challenges. Overall, the
DM Core will provide the necessary data science, biostatistical, mathematical, and computational resources to
successfully support and conduct prevention research for rural communities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9853531
- **Project number:** 1P20GM130418-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA
- **Principal Investigator:** Jonathan Graham
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $493,714
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9853531

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9853531, Data and Modeling Core (1P20GM130418-01A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9853531. Licensed CC0.

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