# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · 2021 · $295,966

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
The overall goal of the Administrative Core of the Digestive Health Center (DHC) is to develop and
implement an administrative structure that integrates key functions of the Center. The Center management,
day-to-day operation, and general oversight will be the responsibility of the Leadership Committee, which
consists of the Center Director, three Associate Directors, and a Center Manager. The leaders have
independent research programs and bring complementary skills to the Committee. Each Associate Director is
responsible for either the Enrichment Series, Clinical Component, or Pilot and Feasibility Program. They meet
weekly to review the operation of the Center. Six to 8 times a year, members of the Leadership Committee
meets as an Executive Committee, which also includes the Directors of the biomedical Cores and one DHC
investigator representing the membership at large. The function of the Executive Committee is to assist the
leadership in reviewing Core utilization, provide support with scientific and overall directions of the DHC, and
help with conflicts arising from membership applications. Once a year, or more often, the Executive Committee
meets with the Internal Advisory Board to review strategic needs of the Center and maintain institutional
engagement and support to foster digestive disease research in the medical center. This operational structure
has been very successful since the creation of the DHC. Overseeing the strategic operation of the DHC is an
External Advisory Board (EAB), which is comprised of four extramural scientific leaders in the field. The EAB
monitors and evaluates ongoing research and programmatic directions of the Center, reviews, identifies, and
recommends support for the most meritorious P/F applications, and assesses the effectiveness of the
biomedical Cores. The EAB prepares and submits an annual report to the Chair of Pediatrics and Director
Research of the Research Foundation, who holds the primary reporting authority and oversight of the
Center. This structure has been very effective over the past 9 years of the DHC existence, has maintained the
DHC as a real catalyst of scientific discoveries, has ensured the delivery of state-of-the-art services that meet
the needs of Center investigators, has implemented successful enrichment and P/F programs, and has
fostered an exceptional level of engagement and support from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center to
be real catalysts of discoveries in digestive disease.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10146348
- **Project number:** 5P30DK078392-15
- **Recipient organization:** CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** JORGE A. BEZERRA
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $295,966
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2007-07-01 → 2022-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10146348

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10146348, Administrative Core (5P30DK078392-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10146348. Licensed CC0.

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