# ADMINISTRATIVE CORE

> **NIH NIH P50** · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · 2020 · $176,479

## Abstract

The Administrative Core supports the mission of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM IDDRC) to identify as many causes of IDD as
possible, to understand their pathogenesis, and to develop novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches by
providing oversight and management of the activities of the entire Center, disseminating information about
advancements and coordinating collaborative efforts with researchers in the IDDRC network and around the
world. Dr. Huda Zoghbi has served as the Center Director for more than 25 years and is joined by Drs. David
Nelson and Rodney Samaco to form the Executive Team of the Administrative Core. The Executive Team is
dedicated to ensuring that the BCM IDDRC is a most innovative and efficient Center. The overarching goal of
the Administrative Core is to enhance IDD research activities at BCM by encouraging and fostering local and
collaborative research efforts, the development of therapies to treat IDD, attracting and training investigators to
enhance the workforce in IDD research and disseminating information through engagement, communication and
education of stakeholders. This Core will support faculty research into IDD through provision of strategic
core facilities and by developing new core services as fields advance. All research projects are proposed
for use of the Administrative Core. This Core helps align core services to the overall mission of the Center, works
with the Core Directors to monitor and ensure that the services provided are high-quality and cost-effective, and
ensures that the Core services capitalize on existing resources and institutional support from BCM. The core will
also support translational efforts in IDD through the Clinical Translational Core, designed to assist investigators
with designing and carrying out human research including IRB approval, acquisition of biospecimens, diagnostic
studies, and therapeutic interventions for people with IDD and a multidisciplinary signature research project
that will lead to clinical trial readiness, developing biomarkers specific and sensitive to altered gene dosage. In
order to promote and enhance collaborative efforts and dissemination of knowledge, the Core proposes
a plan for engagement, communication, and education (ECE), extending the reach of the Center’s activities
to stakeholders at the local, state, and national levels. The ECE will implement best practices for community
partnerships building on and extending existing community relationships to ensure ongoing bi-directional
communication, inform investigators and the community of questions/concerns by each group, ensure successful
recruitment and retention of study participants, and determine feasibility of future studies in this population. The
Administrative Core recognizes the importance of broad collaborations, especially with the IDDRC network and
will continue to contribute to and collaborate with a...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10085941
- **Project number:** 1P50HD103555-01
- **Recipient organization:** BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** HUDA Y ZOGHBI
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $176,479
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10085941

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10085941, ADMINISTRATIVE CORE (1P50HD103555-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10085941. Licensed CC0.

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