# Admin

> **NIH FDA U19** · MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH · 2020 · $6,000

## Abstract

ADMIN PROJECT SUMMARY: 
The overarching aim of this proposal is to contribute a comprehensive and integrated food protection 
laboratory hub from the state of Maryland to the national Food Emergency Response Network. The 
14-track multi-faceted proposal coherently focuses testing across the diverse disciplines of microbiology, 
chemistry, and radiochemistry to offer an integrated infrastructure that is capable of analyzing food 
across many diverse threat priorities synergistically and reporting its results seamlessly. To 
accomplish the scientific aims of each individual project, expert Project Leaders have been deployed to 
each Analytical Track, and an experienced Principal Investigator, Manager, and Quality Assurance 
Officer have been recruited to oversee the entire effort as a holistic whole. A major advantage of this 
organizational structure is that all three disciplines are all housed within a single, unified division: the 
Division of Environmental Sciences in the MDH Laboratories Administration. This unity facilitates 
seamless and constant communication between diverse analytical track projects, thereby allowing effort 
to be coordinated in real-time. Testing extensively interfaces with a vigorous ISO/IEC 17025:2017- 
accredited Quality Assurance system to ensure quality operations. The robust organization system both 
leverages existing administrative structures as well as creates customized management mechanisms to 
address the unique aspects of this large-scale cooperative agreement. The result is a coherently 
focused effort that serves its regulatory partners, strengthens scientific collaborations, and 
bolsters federal programs at the highest level of quality scientific testing.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10174009
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007084-01
- **Recipient organization:** MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** SINISA URBAN
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $6,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10174009

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10174009, Admin (1U19FD007084-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10174009. Licensed CC0.

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