The Quantitative Sciences Core (QSC) provides centralized expertise in biostatistics, bioinformatics, and data science to support the research mission of the Ponce Health Sciences University-Moffitt Cancer Center Partnership. The Core serves as a collaborative hub for study design, data management and advanced analytics, and interpretation across Partnership research projects- and shared resources. The QSC supports multi-omics and clinical data generated in collaboration with the Puerto Rico BioBank (PRBB) and the Oncology Research Information Exchange Network (ORIEN) Avatar initiative. These data are curated and maintained within secure, web-based environments such as the H/L Bioportal (GLOBAL) to enable responsible data sharing. The Core also develops analytic pipelines and visualization tools- including ECLA.
The QSC brings together faculty and staff from Ponce Health Sciences University and the Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Department at Moffit Cancer Center to deliver high-quality quantitative support throughout the research lifecycle.
| Moffitt | Role | Ponce | Role |
| Steven Eschrich, PhD | Co-Leader | Luisa Morales Torres, PhD | Co-Leader |
| Dung-Tsa Chen, PhD | Biostatistician | Iris Martínez, DrPh | Biostatistician |
| Edna Gordián, MS | Data Concierge | José A. Oliveras, MD | Clinical Data Abstractor / Data Concierge |
| Steven Sutton, PhD | Biostatistician | Cristina Peña, PhD | Co-Investigator |
| Jamie Teer, PhD | Bioinformatician | Moraima Oquendo | Program Coordinator |
| Annelise Glode | Program Coordinator |