# Cancer Center Administration

> **NIH NIH P30** · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · 2020 · $500,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT–Cancer Center Administration
The Office of Administration is the organizational hub that advances and supports the activities of the St. Jude
Comprehensive Cancer Center (SJCCC). It provides resources and expertise to facilitate the initiatives and
ongoing operations of the Center, including providing the crucial organizational structure and support to enable
leadership to bring to life a robust 8-goal SJCCC strategic plan in the current project period. The administrative
team is led by Ms. Dana Wallace, Associate Director for Administration, who directs and facilitates all processes
for strategic planning and oversees all operations of the Office of Administration. Ms. Wallace is joined by a team
of expert administrators and works closely with the SJCCC Director, Associate Directors, Program Co-Leaders,
and Shared Resource Directors to plan and execute the strategic goals of the Center, fiscally manage the CCSG
and provide comprehensive administrative oversight and support for the Center. Administration effectively
oversees the CCSG application process and ensures accurate, comprehensive reporting; manages and tracks
membership processes; and manages space, budgets, pilot awards, and Shared Resources to fully support
Center members in advancing their research programs. Administration also organizes and supports meetings,
strategic plan working groups, and other forums to promote transdisciplinary team science within the SJCCC
and with external investigators. During the current project period, Administration worked with the Center Director
to develop and execute the year-long strategic planning process that involved all members of the SJCCC, 4
retreats, and numerous follow-up meetings, ultimately leading to 8 strategic goals that expand Center
capabilities, exciting new research areas, and outreach and career enhancement activities. Administration also
planned and operationalized changes in membership policy to ensure support of a cancer research-centric
membership, developed proposals for Leadership consideration to implement recommendations from the
SJCCC advisory committees, and planned, developed, and administratively supported substantial new initiatives
in community engagement and outreach such as the St. Jude Science Scholars of Tomorrow Symposium and
HPV Awareness Task Force. During this period, the SJCCC Office of Administration increased by 3 FTEs to
accommodate the increased activities generated by strategic planning and the vision of the Center Director.
Future plans include further growth in administrative staff to support ongoing growth of Center activities, and
building upon the current processes for strategic plan implementation in collaboration with the Director and
Senior Leadership, with a focus on developing and implementing action plans to accelerate progress. We will
also support SJCCC members in competing for extramural funds by identifying and communicating relevant
funding opportunities and organi...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10243837
- **Project number:** 3P30CA021765-41S3
- **Recipient organization:** ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** Dana Jo Wallace
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $500,000
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 1997-04-01 → 2024-02-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10243837

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10243837, Cancer Center Administration (3P30CA021765-41S3). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10243837. Licensed CC0.

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