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

> **NIH NIH U24** · RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE · 2020 · $1,680,644

## Abstract

Project Summary
RTI International, as the proposed data coordinating center (DCC) for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Global Network (GN), will provide the scientific and
operational resources to maximize the scientific productivity and public health impact of the GN research
collaborations across diverse research settings in multiple low-income countries. To achieve this aim, RTI will
(1) provide scientific and statistical leadership to facilitate feasible, scientifically sound, and clinically relevant
protocols; (2) develop and support innovative, robust, secure, and locally sustainable data management
systems (DMSs) that enhance the implementation of the study protocols and increase local research capacity;
(3) develop effective data monitoring and safety reports that facilitate study management and oversight; (4)
facilitate collaborative, high-quality GN study publications through rigorous analyses and logistical and editorial
support; (5) coordinate the acquisition, storage, and tracking of study drugs, equipment, and supplies; and (6)
promote efficient study development and implementation through logistical communication support of the GN
protocol teams and the Scientific Oversight Committee (external advisory board) and the Data Safety and
Monitoring Board. RTI brings specific strengths that will support the GN's mission to enhance the global
research capacity to improve health of women and children in low-income countries: (1) proven scientific
collaboration in the leadership of the GN over the past 15 years as demonstrated by the more than 220
collaborative GN manuscripts and the collaboration of Dr. McClure in extending GN capacity through
collaboration with external funding sources; (2) a set of state-of-the art, flexible, established distributed data
entry and management tools that will (a) ensure high-quality data with rapid error resolution, (b) provide
creative solutions to challenges like drug distribution in rural areas, and (c) provide site staff with study
management and reporting tools that enhance the scientific quality; and (3) statistical expertise in study design
that has provided the GN with innovative cluster- and individually randomized designs and quality improvement
approaches that address the unique scientific, implementation, cultural, and ethical issues encountered by the
GN.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9970499
- **Project number:** 5U24HD092094-04
- **Recipient organization:** RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
- **Principal Investigator:** Elizabeth M McClure
- **Activity code:** U24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,680,644
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9970499

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9970499, Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research Data Coordinating Center (5U24HD092094-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9970499. Licensed CC0.

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