# Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $875,126

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core (Core F)
One of the many added values of the HU CFAR has been the ability to provide biostatistics and bioinformatics
support, particularly to Early Career Investigators (ECIs). Over the past 14 years of the CFAR web-based
member survey, the Biostatistics and Bioinformatics (B&B) Core has received the highest marks for providing
outstanding and otherwise unavailable services, and for value added measured by an impressive record of
external funding support. The Core has greatly aided the strategic research agenda of the CFAR by providing
support for study design at the earliest and most critical stage of new studies, to prevent them from having fatal
flaws or being under-or over-powered, thus avoiding inefficient use of research resources. As new research
technologies and new types of studies have developed, the Core has evolved, adding new expertise (e.g.,
Illumina EPIC 850 methylation arrays, and ecological momentary assessment studies) and user courses (e.g.,
single cell RNA-seq). The Core added bioinformatics experts in 2014, and this support has been critical to the
continued success of the CFAR Advanced Lab Technologies Core.
The specific aims of the B&B Core for the next cycle of the grant are to:
1. Provide biostatistics/bioinformatics support for external as well as HU CFAR internal (D&M Core) grant
proposals.
2. Provide biostatistics/bioinformatics assistance in study design (whether or not part of a grant proposal).
3. Provide biostatistics/bioinformatics assistance in data analysis.
4. Provide user education in quantitative methods, and update the web site that not only helps CFAR
members locate where they can learn about particular quantitative methods, but also what prior
training/knowledge is needed/assumed by each educational source.
5. Provide mentorship by participating in HU CFAR RIP and CP seminar series, CFAR Symposia, Mock NIH
Grant Award Reviews, SWG and Scientific Program meetings and symposia.
6. Collaborate with and assist other HU CFAR Cores.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9960407
- **Project number:** 5P30AI060354-17
- **Recipient organization:** HARVARD UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Rebecca S. Gelman
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $875,126
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2004-07-01 → 2024-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9960407

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9960407, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core (5P30AI060354-17). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9960407. Licensed CC0.

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