# The Administrative Core of SDSU HealthLINK Center for Transdisciplinary Health Disparities Research

> **NIH NIH U54** · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $199,999

## Abstract

ADMINISTRATIVE CORE – Project Summary 
The goals of the SDSU HealthLINK Center for Transdisciplinary Health Disparities Research Administrative 
Core (Center AC) are to ensure the effective oversight, coordination, and integration of Center activities with 
other efforts at San Diego State University (SDSU) and San Diego State University Research Foundation 
SDSURF), with NIMHD, with other funded institutions, and the RCMI Translation Research Network. The 
ultimate goal is to enhance SDSU's basic biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research capacities related to 
minority health and health disparities. The Center AC will support the Research Infrastructure Core, 
Investigator Development Core, Community Engagement Core, and the three Research Projects (Research 
Project-Physical Activity, Research Project-Obesity in Cancer and Research Project-Pain) through 
implementation of the proposed MPI plan. The Center AC will support a range of activities conducted by the 
Center's Cores and Projects, and will work to coordinate activities across the Cores and Projects and in 
relation to other activities being conducting at SDSU. This will ensure that the Center is making progress 
toward achieving its aims and so that resources and services offered are not duplicative. In addition, the 
Center AC will convene an Advisory Committee, and coordinate it's activities. The AC will be responsible for 
IRB and federal compliance for all research being conducted through the Center. It will provide fiscal 
management for the Center, including reviewing expenditures of the Center and the subcontracted 
organizations, ensuring that all expenditures are in line with projections and the proposed scope of work. 
Budget summaries will be available for ready review by NIMHD including budget justifications and projected 
expenditures as required. The Center AC will assume responsibility for coordinating the three types of career 
enhancement opportunities proposed in this application (i.e., mentoring matching, workshops and seminars), 
and promoting engagement by mentors and junior investigators, including pilot project awardees. The AC will 
assume responsibility for coordinating the Center evaluation tracking system and annual evaluation reports. 
This will involve conducting an annual web-based survey to examine engagement and other constructs 
associated with transdisciplinary research. We will also examine the productivity of individual investigators' and 
SDSU, including but not limited to peer-reviewed manuscripts and independent and collaborative extramural 
funding. Finally, the AC will manage the dissemination of protocols and training materials to all Cores and 
Projects.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10267060
- **Project number:** 3U54MD012397-03S2
- **Recipient organization:** SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** GUADALUPE X AYALA
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $199,999
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2018-09-11 → 2023-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10267060

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10267060, The Administrative Core of SDSU HealthLINK Center for Transdisciplinary Health Disparities Research (3U54MD012397-03S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-29 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10267060. Licensed CC0.

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