# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · 2021 · $471,255

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY: ADMINISTRATIVE CORE 
 The LA CaTS Center Administrative Core promotes, provides and continually evolves the governance and 
administrative structure of the Center so as to effectively facilitate the necessary leadership, tools and 
processes required to integrate and align the Key Component Activities (KCAs) to accomplish the LA CaTS 
Center mission. The leadership of the Administrative Core is comprised of the LA CaTS Center Principal 
Investigator (at Pennington Biomedical Research Center) and two Program Coordinators (at LSUHSC-New 
Orleans and Tulane University), along with support and management staff at the three administrative offices. 
The Administrative Core functions to effectively streamline processes, allocate resources fairly and maintain 
compliance across member institutions. The Administrative Core develops processes that enables the LA 
CaTS Center to flourish and to achieve unprecedented success by: 1) providing a strong, available, 
responsive leadership team; 2) implementing a highly effective administrative infrastructure; 3) leveraging 
resources and expertise of all participating institutions; 4) facilitating highly synergistic and integrative 
collaborative programs; and 5) implementing a unified systematic approach to clinical research. 
 The Administrative Core provides, coordinates and streamlines business and management functions 
across the institutions. This core provides the planning, organization, support and communication to promote, 
initiate, implement and strengthen collaborations both within and outside the Center. This core also provides 
primary communication and organization of the LA CaTS Center governing and advisory committees. Lastly, 
the Administrative Core provides an overarching umbrella for building relationships and ensuring effective 
interactions among key stakeholders. 
 For the 2nd 5 year funding cycle, the Administrative Core activities will further identify and strengthen 
the LA CaTS Center as the academic home for a community of scholarship and the statewide hub of clinical 
and translational research and resources via the following Specific Aims: 1) Provide an effective leadership, 
administrative and governance structure that ensures expansion, coordination and access of research 
resources and services across all institutions and all Key Component Activities; 2) Provide for and support an 
environment and culture to foster increased collaboration between investigators, key components, and 
institutions within and outside Louisiana; and 3) Provide an interface for the effective interaction and 
communication of our unified research enterprise to our stakeholders and to the populations we serve.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10201618
- **Project number:** 5U54GM104940-06
- **Recipient organization:** LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** JOHN P. KIRWAN
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $471,255
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2012-08-15 → 2022-08-04

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10201618

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10201618, Administrative Core (5U54GM104940-06). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10201618. Licensed CC0.

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