# Wadsworth Center's Administrative Core for Radiochemical, Microbiological and Chemical Testing for Food Defense and Capability Development

> **NIH FDA U19** · WADSWORTH CENTER · 2020 · $66,260

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY 
Administrative Core 
The Administrative Core (Admin Core) is the primary point of contact for routing and integrating all activities 
within the Wadsworth Center's Radiochemical, Microbiological and Chemical Testing Program for Food Defense 
and Capability Development program. It acts as the conduit for external and internal communications critical to 
the smooth operation of the FERN program. The focus of the Admin Core will be to facilitate communications 
between the Wadsworth Center’s Division of Environmental Health Sciences (DEHS), and Division of Infectious 
Diseases (DID), and those laboratory units involved in food testing. Admin Core staff schedule conference calls 
with FERN program officers and FDA subject matter experts to: a) guide program staff on sample analyses; b) 
advise FERN on sample collection, shipping and storage procedures for food analyses; and c) collaborate with 
FDA FERN as needed throughout the project. Admin core staff organize and make available standard documents 
including analytical methods and protocols for distribution to FDA and other FERN labs, as needed. Admin core 
staff assemble the required progress reports.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10173137
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007089-01
- **Recipient organization:** WADSWORTH CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Patrick J. Parsons
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $66,260
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10173137

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10173137, Wadsworth Center's Administrative Core for Radiochemical, Microbiological and Chemical Testing for Food Defense and Capability Development (1U19FD007089-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10173137. Licensed CC0.

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