# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $377,564

## Abstract

The Administrative Core of the Center for Urban Responses to Environmental Stressors (CURES) is the seat
of leadership, governance, fiscal management, communications, career development, and evaluation for all
Center operations, resources, Cores and Programs. In consultation with their Program Leaders team, the
Director and Deputy Director, Drs. Melissa Runge-Morris Christine Cole Johnson, foster a shared Center vision
well aligned with NIEHS, establish priorities, set clear expectations of all members, and promote collaborations
in meeting CURES goals of facilitating transdisciplinary, translational research, and community engagement
regarding exposures to stressors prevalent in the urban post-industrial environment. The Program Leaders
team consists of the Business Manager and the leaders/co-leaders of CURES Cores (i.e., Integrative Health
Sciences Facilities Core; Exposure Signatures Facilities Core; Community Outreach & Engagement Core
[COEC]), Programs (i.e., Pilot Projects; Career Development); and Research Interest Groups. The
Administrative Core is responsible for coordinating communications within the Center and partner institutions,
among collaborators and (with the COEC) the community, and in reporting progress to NIEHS; seeks advice
from our Internal Advisory Board (IAB), External Advisory Board (EAB) and Community Advisory Board (CAB);
attracts, recruits and develops new, mid-career, and senior investigators in environmental health sciences; and
evaluates and anticipates the needs of the researchers and the community that can be met by CURES. The
Director and Deputy Director are responsible for evaluating the effectiveness of the Boards, Cores, Programs
and Groups, and their leaders, and for assuring that all units are cooperating toward our shared goals. The
Administrative Core organizes thematic symposia, regular seminars, program meetings, networking workshops
and more for all CURES members, including members of the community, and is oriented to developing the
next generation of innovative, skilled, and engaged researchers in environmental health sciences. Finally, the
Administrative Core is responsible for guiding all CURES members, components, and activities in preserving
one clear long-term focus, among the investigators and with the community, on the shared, overarching theme
of CURES – to create a gateway to a healthy Detroit.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10134339
- **Project number:** 5P30ES020957-08
- **Recipient organization:** WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Melissa A Runge-Morris
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $377,564
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2014-06-05 → 2024-06-19

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10134339

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10134339, Administrative Core (5P30ES020957-08). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10134339. Licensed CC0.

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