# Administrative Core 1

> **NIH NIH P50** · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · 2022 · $244,858

## Abstract

Adminstrative Core 1: Project Summary/Abstract 
Within the SPORE framework, the Administrative Core (Core 1) will be responsible for incorporating the 
diverse scientific disciplines of the SPORE investigators into a highly integrated, interdisciplinary approach 
focused on achieving excellence in translational melanoma research towards a significant impact on the care 
of patients battling this disease. The primary goal of this group is to assure the successful continued oversight 
and coordination of all projects, cores, and developmental and career enhancement programs through expert 
guidance in fiscal management, centralized communication, and general administration for all activities. This 
core will be led by three outstanding scientists and well-established mentors who currently hold high-level 
administrative, research, and/or clinical appointments at MD Anderson and possess decades of combined 
leadership experience: Drs. Patrick Hwu, Elizabeth Grimm, and Jeffrey E. Lee. 
Specific responsibilities of the Administrative Core include the following: 
 · Compliance with all institutional, federal, and NIH/NCI regulations and requirements. 
 · Communication and consultation with the NCI project officer and other NCI staff, including preparation 
 of all required reports, publications, and other requested communications. 
 · Monitoring data quality control and assurance activities in conjunction with the Biostatistics and 
 Bioinformatics Core (Core 3). 
 · Optimization of clinical trial efforts, including monitoring and enhancing accrual progress of related 
 SPORE clinical trials, through the Clinical Trials Management Resource (co-directed by Dr. Hwu and 
 Lee) housed within this Administrative Core. 
 · Maintenance of fiscal and budgetary responsibilities, including implementing the SPORE flexibility 
 option as appropriate through ongoing assessments of program progress and justifications for funding 
allocations/reallocations. 
 · Convening all necessary meetings, including the Executive Committee, Internal and External Advisory 
 Boards (IAB/EAB), scientific meetings, research meetings, lectures, and symposia, including 
 scheduling, development and distribution of meeting materials, and recording minutes as appropriate. 
 · Coordination and funding of Patient Advocate activities. 
 · Establishment and monitoring of policies for recruitment and retention of women and minorities in this 
program. 
 · Coordination with other SPORE sites to initiate and enhance collaborative research efforts, co- 
 sponsor a yearly Skin Cancer conference, and pursue opportunities for high potential Developmental 
 Research Program (DRP) and Career Enhancement Program (CEP) applications from 
 collaborating investigators.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10415935
- **Project number:** 5P50CA221703-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Michael Davies
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $244,858
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-07-16 → 2024-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10415935

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10415935, Administrative Core 1 (5P50CA221703-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10415935. Licensed CC0.

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