# Core 2: UAB CounterACT Research Education Core (UAB CARE Core)

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · 2021 · $215,729

## Abstract

The mission of the UAB CounterACT Research Education Core (UAB CARE-Core), Core 2 of the UAB
Research Center of Excellence in Arsenicals (Center), is to develop educational offerings to advance
knowledge and innovation in the area of arsenical chemical threat and applied toxicology. The UAB CARE-
Core will provide complementary short-term multidisciplinary education in applied toxicological research related
to arsenicals and other dermally active chemical agents. This will be achieved by creating and expanding local
and remote capabilities for facilitating the development of key skill sets in its investigators, technicians,
postdoctoral fellows (MD and PhD scientists), and medical, graduate and undergraduate students, with the
goal of increasing the number and capabilities of researchers in the field. It is our objective to enhance interest
in research related to chemical threats and biodefense and to encourage expanded research programs across
our institution and field. The UAB CARE-Core will support the key component of the NIH strategy to identify,
develop, support, and maintain the quality of our scientific human capital in the scientific research workforce by
fostering diversity in all of its educational programs. The educational activities of the UAB CARE-Core will be
organized along three focus areas related to acute chemical threats: basic science, clinical and translational
science, and multidisciplinary outreach. These focus areas reflect the highly multidisciplinary and translational
nature of applied toxicology. The Center's scientific arsenicals-related activities and findings will be used in the
UAB CARE-Core's educational offerings to help motivate and unify the Core activities, although the
educational themes will be common to a range of dermally active chemical agents, emphasizing broader points
in applied toxicology. Finally, the UAB CARE-Core affirms its commitment regarding Responsible Conduct of
Research (RCR) training. In addition to UAB's required RCR trainings, RCR training topics will be imbedded
into educational offerings provided by the Core each project year. All educational activities will take place at the
Center's Research and Development Project sites and in clinical and educational sites across UAB. Distance-
based offerings will be created to expand the reach of UAB CARE-Core educational offerings. Thus overall, the
UAB CARE-Core will increase awareness in professional and public audiences of the biological basis of and
potential therapies for arsenical threats and community-based approaches to prepare for these threats.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10249110
- **Project number:** 5U54ES030246-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
- **Principal Investigator:** Lisa C McCormick
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $215,729
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-01 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10249110

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10249110, Core 2: UAB CounterACT Research Education Core (UAB CARE Core) (5U54ES030246-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10249110. Licensed CC0.

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