Core A consists of two components: 1) the Administrative Component, that will provide overall administrativeoversight for the Program; and 2) the Biostatistics Compoonent, that will conduct biostatistical analysis anddata management activities. The primary function of the Administrative Component will be to facilitatescientific interactions between all of the investigators of this program project application. The AdministrativeComponent will oversee the conduct of program meetings, monthly teleconference calls, and joint activities.This component will also provide support for the preparation of scientific reports and presentation ofresearch data, and will be responsible for facilitating the developent of intellectual property values from thediscoveries of individual investigators on this program project. The primary goal of the BiostatisticsComponent is to strenghten the research efforts and introduce statistical rigor in the proposed studies. Thisgoal will be accomplished by: 1) providing statistical analysis services for data analysis, design ofexperiments, and manuscript preparation; 2) establishing and maintaining appropriate databases, datamanagement and data analysis capabilities and developing software/algorithms; 3) coordinating with theother cores on the collection and evaluation of their data; 4) providing one-on-one training in biostatisticsmethods and data management to investigators, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students.
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