# Data Management and Biostatistics Core

> **NIH NIH U19** · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $46,971

## Abstract

The primary purpose of the Data Management and Biostatistics (DMB) Core is to provide high quality data
management and biostatistics support for Myanmar Regional Center of Excellence for Malaria Research
(Myanmar Regional ICEMR) research studies, and in so doing develop sustainable capacities to manage and
analyze data at ICEMR partner sites in Myanmar, China and Bangladesh. The success and sustainability of
biomedical research and associated innovation in low and middle income countries (LMIC) depends on the
availability of equipment, infrastructure, and well-trained local personnel who can execute critical aspects of
study implementation. Key skills required include the abilities to implement and manage all aspects of complex
study designs, ensure accurate data collection, management and analysis, utilize computational and statistical
applications, complete follow-up of participants, interpret results, and prepare accurate reports and participate
collaboratively in manuscript writing. The DMB Core will work across all projects and cores to build, enhance,
and extend critical data management and biostatistics capabilities. The aims of the DMB Core are 1) Provide a
cloud-based, secure, federated Research Information Portal (RIP) that maintains, expands, and harmonizes
current data management systems in Myanmar, China, and Bangladesh in support of ICEMR. 2) To build
capacities in epidemiology, data capture, data management, informatics, and biostatistics at ICEMR sites in
Myanmar, China, and Bangladesh through a program of education and training. 3) Provide research design
and biostatistical support for ICEMR projects. The DMB Core will support all study design, data collection,
entry, management and analysis activities for Projects, 1, 2, and 3. The DMB Core will ensure that data are of
high quality and that all data capture and management standards and analysis procedures comply with
international standards for research conduct, relevant U.S. regulations, and NIAID guidelines. In addition, the
DMB Core will serve as the central data and communication hub for all other cores. The DMB Core will be led
by Dr. Kathleen Tracy who has extensive experience developing and implementing data management systems
to support biomedical research projects, both in the U.S. and internationally. She will be supported by Dr. Bill
Blackwelder, senior biostatistician, Dr. Poe Poe Aung, an epidemiologist and data specialist at the Institute for
Global Health Myanmar and Dr. Khin Thet Wai, a statistician with the Department of Medical Research,
Yangon. Aims will be accomplished through infrastructure and scientific capacity building in the areas of central
research data management, study design, epidemiologic methods, and biostatistics.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9912072
- **Project number:** 5U19AI129386-04
- **Recipient organization:** DUKE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** J. Kathleen Tracy
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $46,971
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2021-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9912072

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9912072, Data Management and Biostatistics Core (5U19AI129386-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-14 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9912072. Licensed CC0.

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