# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $1,433,134

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
The purpose of the SHERC Administrative Core is to assure that SHERC individual cores are working together
efficiently by continually monitoring core activities and facilitating communications among them. The primary
functions for the Administrative Core will be to prioritize activities in all cores; to set and maintain common
understanding of SHERC aims and objectives; to meet or exceed project milestones and outputs; to coordinate
all cross-core key functions and activities; and to improve individual core and cross-core products by ongoing
feedback and recommendations. As such, the Administrative Core is responsible for creating a shared vision,
goals, and outcomes; allocating and overseeing all SHERC resources; providing administrative support;
establishing and maintaining partnerships among NAU and local community agencies and tribes, as well as the
Advistory Committee and Cores; scheduling meetings and other activities essential to the successful
functioning of SHERC; establishing a leadership team, selecting key personnel; evaluating research progress
and mentoring project leaders (PLs); and overseeing all other center activities. The overall responsibility of the
Administrative Core will be to ensure that SHERC keeps its efforts focused on the goals of the program.
These goals include the development of a self-sustaining research center and development of research
programs that will partner with local communities and tribes to address health disparities. To accomplish these
goals, we will (1) establish community-engaged priorities and strategic plans for addressing a wide range of
health disparities, (2) provide the institutional infrastructure for the SHERC targeted research projects and (3)
act as the basic infrastructure for finding creative ways to disseminate information at the individual, community,
and institutional levels. Anchoring SHERC with these elements presents opportunities for effective
engagement with a wide range of community partners, and across a wide spectrum of individual, community,
and institutional needs for focused health disparities research efforts. The Specific Aims of the Administrative
Core are to: 1) Build and sustain the infrastructure of an effective Southwest Health Equity Research
Collaborative (SHERC) at NAU; 2) Establish and maintain an effective collaborative of community, institutional,
and organizational, and government partners. 3) Develop and expand the ability of SHERC investigators to
participate in interdisciplinary approaches to addressing health disparities in Arizona and the Southwestern
United States; 4) Develop and support a cadre of health disparities researchers at NAU; and 5) Build and
maintain an interactive evaluation, assessment, and feedback system that utilizes a Logic Model Plus
approach to program development, maintenance, and feedback for improvement or innovation.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10207299
- **Project number:** 5U54MD012388-05
- **Recipient organization:** NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Julie A. Baldwin
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $1,433,134
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-20 → 2022-09-19

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10207299

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10207299, Administrative Core (5U54MD012388-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10207299. Licensed CC0.

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