# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P50** · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · 2021 · $154,090

## Abstract

Administrative Core SUMMARY/ ABSTRACT
The Administrative Core (Admin Core) is led by Core Director Dr. Robert Bast, a director of Gynecology
Information Technology (Dr. Karen Lu), an administrator (Dr. Charlotte Clarke), a financial analyst (Ms. Audrey
Jones) and a grants educator/facilitator and advocate coordinator (Ms. Nancy Hubener). The Core provides
leadership and coordinates the activities of the Leadership Committee (SPORE PIs and Dr. Clarke), Executive
Committee (all Program Co-leaders and Core Co-directors), the Internal Advisory Committee, the External
Advisory Committee, and the SPORE Advocates. Under the lead of Dr. Lu, the Admin Core has worked with
MD Anderson Information Systems to create a web portal for all MD Anderson SPOREs that includes
information accessible to the general public as well as password protected, individual SPORE access to
document sharing and a link to the data sharing site, REDCap. During the last grant cycle, Dr. Bast and the
Admin Core brought together the 10 funded SPOREs at MD Anderson to host the first all SPOREs
Administrators workshop attended by representatives of 68 SPOREs nationwide as well as administrators from
the NCI Translational Research Program. In the next cycle, we will enhance support for junior faculty in the
Career Enhancement Program (CEP) and investigators in the Developmental Research Program (DRP) by
assisting Dr. Anil Sood in his role as CEP/DRP Director. The objectives of the Core are to 1) oversee all
SPORE activities, including Projects and Cores; 2) provide administrative support for the DRP and CEP; 3)
convene all meetings of the SPORE Executive Committee, Internal/External Advisory Committees, and
Advocate Advisory Committee; 4) schedule all scientific meetings; 5) coordinate data quality control and quality
assurance issues in collaboration with the Biostatistical and Bioinformatics Core; 6) monitor and oversee all
fiscal and budgetary issues; 7) interface closely with the other oversight committees related to ovarian cancer
research at our institution, including the Gynecological Oncology Tumor Bank Oversight Committee, the
Executive Committee of the Blanton-Davis Ovarian Cancer Research Program, and the Multidisciplinary
Program Steering Committee; 8) coordinate research with other ovarian SPOREs and other SPOREs, by
distributing materials, electronic communications, and progress reports; 9) maintain communication with the
NCI Project Officer and other staff to prepare all required reports and publications, or for notifications of
important developments that affect the management of the SPORE either positively or negatively; 10) assure
compliance with all general, governmental, and NCI regulations and requirements; and 11) establish and
implement policies for recruitment of women and minorities into our clinical trials., and scientific

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10251111
- **Project number:** 5P50CA217685-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** ROBERT C BAST
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $154,090
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-22 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10251111

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10251111, Administrative Core (5P50CA217685-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10251111. Licensed CC0.

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