# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · 2021 · $498,387

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY – Administrative Core
The University of Kentucky Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES) will be
established as a transdisciplinary Environmental Health Sciences Core Center (EHS CC) designed to develop
and operationalize strategic infrastructure assets relevant to cutting-edge environmental health research and
provide leadership for scientific and programmatic activities supporting ongoing, new, and evolving studies in
this area. The Administrative Core is an essential component of this EHS CC providing communication,
coordination, and oversight to ensure overall operations and scientific integration of all UK-CARES
components. In addition, the Administrative Core facilitates integration of goals with community needs and
concerns through dynamic community outreach and engagement activities to enable effective translation of
findings to and from the affected communities. The Administrative Core staff will closely monitor the
effectiveness of UK-CARES programs and initiatives to ensure that the Center resources enhance member
research productivity. Specific aims are to 1) provide scientific and programmatic leadership and coordinate
and integrate the Center’s components and activities as well as to facilitate communications and interactions
across all Center components and with affected communities and community stakeholders; 2) organize and
facilitate program activities, internal and external communications, and research discussions among Center
members, community members, and internal and external advisory board members, including retreats,
consultant interactions, seminars, Research Interest Group meetings, and media and newsletters; integrate
community outreach and engagement activities to ensure that multi-directional translation and communication
remain at the forefront of UK-CARES efforts; 3) provide financial oversight, facilitate resource support, and
ensure regulatory compliance related to the Center’s research and community activities and maintain Center
records and measures of success including use of UK-CARES facilities and publications, pilot project awards,
and new grant applications resulting from preliminary data enabled by UK-CARES; 4) coordinate the Career
Development Program to promote collaboration among basic, clinical, and population scientists with a broad
range of skills within a rich environment for early stage investigators to develop diverse professional skills and
to attract mid-level investigators and scientists in other fields through opportunities to focus on environmentally
induced disease; and 5) evaluate the productivity, effectiveness, and appropriateness of UK-CARES activities,
determine the Center membership, assess scientific opportunities and areas for collaboration among members
and citizen scientists, and coordinate UK-CARES infrastructure assessments as intellectual needs change to
accommodate new opportunities for collaboration. The expected outcome is a set o...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10135066
- **Project number:** 5P30ES026529-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
- **Principal Investigator:** Xianglin Shi
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $498,387
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-05-01 → 2023-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10135066

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10135066, Administrative Core (5P30ES026529-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10135066. Licensed CC0.

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