# Developmental Center for Human Urinary Bladder Myogenic Mechanisms by Ion Channels in Health and Disease

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · 2020 · $140,645

## Abstract

ABSTRACT ADMINISTRATIVE CORE
The DC-HUB Administrative Core will be led by Dr. Georgi Petkov, Center Director and Principal Investigator
of the overall project. Drs. Robert Wake, John Malysz, and Viktor Yarotskyy will serve as members of the
Executive Committee of the Core, which will maintain oversight and coordinate the whole project including work
planned in the individual research project and activities planned as Educational Enrichment Program. The
Core will also ensure planned activities are initiated in a timely manner and executed as described in the research
plan, interactions are facilitated among investigators and positive educational experiences are provided to
students and others. Further, the Core will coordinate all communications with NIDDK program staff, the George
M. O’Brien Urology Cooperative Research Centers Program, and the KURe Program. In addition, the Core will
manage the overall budget of the Center. Most importantly, the mission of the administrative core is to
support each Center investigator in conducting productive research. The Core will be responsible for
coordinating communication among the Center’s multiple investigators, collaborators, and consultants located
on the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) campus. This includes scheduling meetings
(in-person and via phone/video-conference) to discuss projects. The Core will supervise coordination of all
meetings, including setting meeting agendas and recording meeting minutes. A website for the DC-HUB Center
will be established to facilitate communication and to share scientific information. This website will post all
agendas, meeting minutes, and presentations. Additionally, the Core will create mechanisms for monitoring,
selecting, and replacing Center professional and technical personnel. The Core will work closely with the
members of the Internal Advisory Board, Drs. Alex Dopico, Jay Fowke, and Jonathan Jaggar and the External
Advisory Board, consisting of world-renowned leaders in the field, Drs. Alan Wein, Karl-Eric Andersson, and
Thomas Keane. The Core will be responsible for coordinating the Educational Enrichment Activities of the
Center including a Summer Student Research Program, a series of invited lectures, and workshops in benign
urology. These educational and outreach activities will be managed by Mr. David Clark, administrative staff
person to Dr. Petkov. The staff person will work with UTHSC personnel, Office for Research, and the Dean’s
Office in the College of Pharmacy to ensure successful activity planning and completion. The DC-HUB Center’s
website will advertise programs and disseminate related information to the general scientific community. Finally,
the Core will maintain oversight of all Center budgeting and reporting requirements, including auditing of specific
expenses and communicating with NIDDK about the annual budget and progress reports. The Core also will
ensure all appropriate paperwork and reports are filed with th...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10019538
- **Project number:** 5P20DK123971-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Georgi V Petkov
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $140,645
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10019538

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10019538, Developmental Center for Human Urinary Bladder Myogenic Mechanisms by Ion Channels in Health and Disease (5P20DK123971-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10019538. Licensed CC0.

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