# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · 2021 · $409,329

## Abstract

Project Summary of the Administrative Core (AdminC)
The Administrative Core is the heart of the Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan (CEHNM)
and is responsible for the strategic vision, communication, finances, evaluation, and the coordination of
CEHNM’s committees, facility cores, community engagement core, working groups, and meetings. The 33 full
members and 8 associate members of the CEHNM have their primary affiliation in 14 departments at the
Mailman School of Public Health, the College of Physicians & Surgeons, and the Lamont Doherty Earth
Observatory of Columbia University. The Director and Deputy Director provide scientific and administrative
leadership on a daily basis. The Administrative Core organizes seminars and the quarterly Center-wide
meetings, including an all-day annual retreat. It also assists all the CEHNM committees, which include the
Executive Committee, the Internal Advisory Committee, and the External Advisory Committee. It manages the
CEHNM’s budget, supervises the utilization of the CEHNM facility cores and the funding provided by the Dean
of the Mailman School, and prepares annual progress reports. The Administrative Core also works with the
leader of the Pilot Project Program to organize the announcements, and to receive and review pilot project
applications. Productive interactions with the Internal and External Advisory Committees have led to funding of
the most promising pilot projects. The Career Development Program is also now housed within the
Administrative Core. Our career development strategy has been highly successful in bringing in new
investigators and cultivating their careers toward independent status and in attracting senior investigators into
environmental health sciences. In the next grant cycle, we will support six junior investigators with career
development awards and a mentoring team that will assist them to pursue new creative paths and enhance
cross-discipline experience.
Assessment of productivity, effectiveness and quality of CEHNM’s activities are also managed by the
Administrative Core. We perform regular, systematic assessments based on qualitative and quantitative
information, online surveys, and key informant in-person interviews of members, community partners, and
stakeholders. Through scientific and public health advances, additions of new members, and new leadership,
the Core continues to successfully oversee all CEHNM’s activities. The reputation of the CEHNM has
increased at the University and in New York City, as a result of press releases, newsletters, and public forums.
The Administrative Core continues to serve as the focal point of a vibrant environmental health research
community at Columbia University.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10187571
- **Project number:** 5P30ES009089-23
- **Recipient organization:** COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** Andrea Baccarelli
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $409,329
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1998-07-01 → 2023-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10187571

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10187571, Administrative Core (5P30ES009089-23). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10187571. Licensed CC0.

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