# Methods Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · OSU CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES · 2020 · $225,078

## Abstract

Methods Core - Abstract
The CHESC Methods Core will support the junior investigator projects with two main functions:
1) laboratory support and specialized training for biological assays, and 2) statistics, study
design and training in complex data analysis. Kent Teague, PhD will serve as the PI and overall
Director of the Methods Core. He is an experienced immunologist who directs the OU
Integrative Immunology Center (IIC). This well established center will provide the central
laboratories dedicated to fulfilling the first function. The Deputy Director of the Methods Core will
be Dr. Isaac J. Washburn who will support the junior investigators in study design, grant writing,
and statistical analyses and thus fulfill the second function. Figure 1 illustrates the general
structure and functions of the Methods Core. As indicated in the letter of support from the
President of OU-Tulsa, Dr. Gerry Clancy, the University of Oklahoma is committed to the
success of the CHESC and the IIC. The mission of the CHESC is perfectly aligned with the
goals of the IIC and the OU School of Community Medicine where the IIC is housed and
supported [1]. The IIC is dedicated to the
support of translational community medicine
research.
(http://www.ou.edu/tulsa/centers_and_institut
es/integrative-immunology-center.html).
Additionally, Dr. Teague serves OU as the
Director of Research Laboratories for the
Tulsa campus and has secured institutional
hard funds for the IIC in order to ensure long-
term sustainability. The center currently
supports 25 Tulsa investigators researching
stress, inflammation, depression and mild
brain trauma (see Table 1 for current
collaborators and Table 2 for NIH-funded
projects). The IIC laboratories under the
direction of Dr. Teague in conjunction with
the statistics and study design support of Dr.
Washburn should be ideally suited to support
the research objectives of the individual
projects and to provide a rich training
environment for the CHESC investigators.
The infrastructure that will be expanded with
CoBRE funding should position the IIC to be
a robust partner for any Tulsa investigators researching the biological impact of health
disparities or use of biological measures to aid in assessing health outcomes of social
interventions.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9924558
- **Project number:** 5P20GM109097-05
- **Recipient organization:** OSU CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** Tracy Kent Teague
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $225,078
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2022-09-05

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9924558

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9924558, Methods Core (5P20GM109097-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9924558. Licensed CC0.

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