# Administration Core

> **NIH NIH S06** · CHEROKEE NATION · 2021 · $79,919

## Abstract

The Administrative Core connects the tribe and its research intensive partners, the University of 
Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation 
(OMRF) through jointly executed management procedures that help ensure the successful 
completion of the specific projects and the overall success of the Cherokee NARCH program. 
Its structure includes a Leadership Team, which is composed of tribal and academic 
representatives, that manages global program functions through innovative shared decision- 
making processes, including the receipt of recurring input from a Community-Campus Advisory 
Council, composed of tribal healthcare leaders, academicians, and Cherokee community 
members. The Leadership Team also uses specific processes for the management of the 
individual pilot research, research, student enhancement, and research enhancement projects 
to ensure that project milestones are met. The Administrative Core follows four specific aims in 
performing this work: 1) implementing a framework using shared decision-making and 
community input for prioritizing research and career enhancement projects to advance 
American Indian health; 2) supporting a diverse portfolio of interdisciplinary research and pilot 
research projects to improve the health of the Cherokee Nation; 3) supporting high-quality 
enhancement experiences for students and promising early-stage researchers with an 
emphasis on mentorship toward careers in tribally engaged health research; and 4) 
implementing a rigorous evaluation process to ensure continuous quality improvement and 
sustainability of Cherokee NARCH research and training activities. These management 
functions will help the Cherokee NARCH program build upon the strengths of the tribe in 
combating health disparities affecting Cherokee citizens as well as American Indians from an 
array of tribes in northeast Oklahoma that are served by the Cherokee Nation healthcare 
system.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10246868
- **Project number:** 5S06GM127983-04
- **Recipient organization:** CHEROKEE NATION
- **Principal Investigator:** SOHAIL Imran KHAN
- **Activity code:** S06 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $79,919
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-12 → 2024-09-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10246868

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10246868, Administration Core (5S06GM127983-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10246868. Licensed CC0.

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