# Core C: Data Management & Statistics Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · 2020 · $261,663

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The Data Management and Statistics Core (DMSC) provides comprehensive data management, high quality
statistical, experimental design support and neuroimaging processing/analysis assistance for the Arizona ADC.
The core assures and maintains data accuracy and accessibility for the center's investigators, facilitates the
sharing of data with collaborators, and guarantees full compliance with the National Alzheimer's Coordinating
Center (NACC). The DMSC also supports new research, acts as catalyst to prompt collaborations inside and
outside Arizona, and actively engages in the development, testing, and implementation of novel analytic
methods and software. In response to the constructive and insightful prior review of the DMSC from 2011, we
reorganized DMSC and are pleased to have Dr. Kewei Chen join Dr. Graciela Gonzalez to co-chair the DMSC.
Dr. Chen will lead the statistics efforts, while Dr. Gonzalez will continue to lead all data management efforts.
With expertise in statistics, database, neuroimaging, and novel statistical methods development, the DMSC is
poised to advance basic, clinical, and intervention research in the early detection, tracking, and prevention of
AD. We propose four aims to facilitate high impact bench-to-bedside, translational research: (1) To provide
comprehensive data management for acquisition, organization, use, and sharing of data from participants
enrolled and followed, (2) To provide statistical, experimental design, and neuroimaging analysis support for
new and ongoing projects, (3) To develop, test, and implement new statistical, image analytic, and data
management methods and applications to advance the goals of the Arizona ADC, and (4) To actively facilitate
research collaborations both inside and outside Arizona to advance the goals and objectives of our center. We
will be replacing our old MSAccess database with a new centralized, integrated database that will link imaging
and genomic data to the UDS data. It will also allow direct entry from each ADC site via a secure web
application, and include a web-based querying system for researchers across our geographically distributed
center. Statistical assistance will be provided by the newly formed Statistical Analysis Workgroup consisting of
Drs. Chen, Wilson, Alexander, Langbaum and Dueck. Finally, we establish metrics for the data program's
development and routine provision of ADCC performance to help the Executive Committee monitor
performance and progress and modify its activities accordingly.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9977078
- **Project number:** 5P30AG019610-21
- **Recipient organization:** ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS
- **Principal Investigator:** GRACIELA GONZALEZ HERNANDEZ
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $261,663
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9977078

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9977078, Core C: Data Management & Statistics Core (5P30AG019610-21). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9977078. Licensed CC0.

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