# Quantitative Sciences Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $440,312

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY – Quantitative Sciences Core
The Quantitative Sciences (QS) Core enhances HIV/AIDS research at Duke by linking early stage and
established HIV/AIDs investigators with the analytic expertise needed to thoughtfully design experiments,
conduct research using statistically rigorous approaches, and where appropriate, use state-of-the-art statistical,
bioinformatics, or computational biology methods to dissect complex data sets. Formerly known as the
Biostatistics and Computational Core, the new name reflects the expanded range of services proposed for the
next funding cycle, now encompassing biostatistics, computational biology, genomics and microbial
bioinformatics, and population health analysis. The QS Core has four Specific Aims: 1) Provide consultation,
analysis, and grant support services; 2) Provide education and mentoring in quantitative methods; 3) Develop
innovative methods in HIV/AIDS research; and 4) Foster internal, intra-CFAR, inter-CFAR, and external
collaborations. The QS Core's top priority is to provide useful statistical and analytical resources and services
to the CFAR community. To accomplish this, the QS Core will continue to offer ad hoc consultations and walk-
in clinics, conduct statistical analyses for manuscripts, and collaborate in the preparation of grant proposals. In
particular, the Core ensures that early stage investigators receive adequate mentoring, training, and analytic
support. In this funding cycle, we will provide free data analysis support for all CFAR Pilot Grant awardees,
which will contribute directly to their successful outcomes. Through affiliated quantitative cores from the Duke
Cancer Institute, Global Health Research Institute, Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, and Child
Health and Development Initiative, CFAR investigators will now have access to expertise in a much wider
range of quantitative fields, including Pharmacogenomics and Electronic Health Records. The QS Core will
provide education and mentoring through annual workshops in data analysis, and collaborative projects that
pair biostatistics graduate students with CFAR investigators. Additionally, the QS Core will offer a
comprehensive research education program in quantitative methods for HIV/AIDS research that includes
summer internships as well as workshops in data science, statistics, and the analysis of complex assays. The
QS Core seeks innovation by (1) developing new training and education opportunities, such as walk-in clinics
and a variety of workshops; and (2) methods development in collaboration with CFAR Cores and/or
investigators to improve data provenance and statistical rigor. Lastly, the QS Core collaborates extensively
with other Cores and Scientific Working Groups (SWGs) in the Duke CFAR; there are multiple joint projects
with the Clinical, Development, and Immunology Cores, as well as with the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill CFAR Biostatistics Core, and with HIV/AIDS researchers at the ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9991043
- **Project number:** 2P30AI064518-16
- **Recipient organization:** DUKE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Cliburn C Chan
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $440,312
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9991043

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9991043, Quantitative Sciences Core (2P30AI064518-16). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9991043. Licensed CC0.

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