# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · BROWN UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $495,310

## Abstract

Abstract
The Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation (CADRE) Administrative Core will provide the
scientific leadership and administrative support to ensure the success of all components of this COBRE
proposal. We will leverage the full enterprise of Brown University, affiliated academic hospitals, respective
research centers, and the broader community in Providence, Rhode Island and beyond. The five specific aims
are Specific Aim 1 – To establish a team and organizational structure to provide leadership and administrative
support for scientific excellence and facilitating the goals of the CADRE. Specific Aim 2 – To provide state-of-
the-art mentoring support and initiatives for the COBRE project leaders and pilot grant recipients with the goal
of facilitating their success in achieving independent level grant funding. Specific Aim 3 - To develop,
administer and continuously evaluate a pilot grants program. Specific Aim 4 – Increase the diversity of the
biomedical workforce and research that addresses the health disparities found in the disproportionate
prevalence of SUD, and the resultant increased morbidity and mortality among racial and ethnic minorities.
Specific Aim 5 – To conduct ongoing evaluation of the overall CADRE effort, the committees, the cores and
the research projects so that CADRE is continuously evolving and improving. We will have the support of a
fully engaged eight-member Internal Advisory Committee, four of whom are current COBRE PI's, an External
Advisory Committee that will have disciplinary depth and breadth, and the support of 12 senior faculty
members at Brown and its affiliated hospitals who will be CADRE affiliated scientists. We have a number of
innovative elements to our proposal. Our choice of Principal Investigator and Deputy Director were intentional,
as both have complementary, yet different experience in research, training, and mentoring. Dr. Monti is a
clinical psychologist who has been at Brown for decades, directs the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
(CAAS) at Brown, and is PI of a current P01. Dr. Ahluwalia is new to Brown, is a physician scientist, and was
PI of a NIMHD P60 Center of Excellence in Minority Health. Monti has served on the National Advisory Council
for NIAAA, and Ahluwalia has for NIMHD. Finally, Brown University's commitment to supporting CADRE's goal
of diversifying the biomedical workforce and addressing health disparities, will be supported by (1) a $100,000
a year pilot grants program that focuses on addressing the higher burden of illness related to substance use
and chronic disease among racial and ethnic minorities, and (2) a Brown-funded postdoctoral position given to
someone from a group underrepresented in biomedical sciences. With this significant NIH and institutional
investment, we will be able to significantly extend our current work so that it is interdisciplinary, has a
significant biological component, and will propel the careers of talented project leade...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10259690
- **Project number:** 5P20GM130414-03
- **Recipient organization:** BROWN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Jasjit Singh Ahluwalia
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $495,310
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-08-01 → 2024-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10259690

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10259690, Administrative Core (5P20GM130414-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10259690. Licensed CC0.

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