# Administration

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · 2022 · $216,527

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT 
 Markey Cancer Center (MCC) Administration provides efficient and effective administrative support to 
MCC's Director, Senior Leadership, Research Program Leaders, Shared Resource Facility (SRF) Directors 
and MCC members. The role of MCC Administration is to operationalize MCC's most critical research functions 
by fulfilling the following Specific Aims: 1) to accelerate the remarkable evolution of the MCC by leveraging 
resources and expanding MCC's infrastructure; 2) to promote the strategic planning and evaluation efforts of 
the MCC; and 3) to support the comprehensive basic science, clinical and cancer prevention activities of the 
MCC by fostering transdisciplinary and translational science. The MCC is a matrix cancer center with 
administrative staff providing support to 119 MCC members from 28 departments in 8 University of Kentucky 
colleges, with 28 faculty recruited in the last 4 years. MCC Administration leverages the expertise of its team 
members while operating in an innovative and efficient manner. New initiatives supported since the last grant 
cycle include: 1) implementing iLab Solutions (Agilent Technologies) across SRFs; 2) deploying $4.2M for new 
seed grant opportunities; 3) developing the “Markey Women Strong” program in collaboration with the Markey 
Cancer Foundation to provide two $50,000 awards annually to female researchers in the MCC; 4) supporting a 
38% increase of direct cancer-related research funding from $19.9M to $27.4M (corresponding 36% increase 
of total cancer-related research funding from $28.4M to $38.7M) between 2012-2017; 5) facilitating 7 
successful CCSG supplement applications; 6) initiating development of 2 SRFs (Oncogenomics and Behavior 
and Community-Based Research); 7) providing full support for a Center of Biological Research Excellence 
application and funded award; 8) establishing the Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology and the 
Center for Environmental and Systems Biochemistry to support research and educational efforts; 9) increasing 
the number of MCC Network sites from 8 in 2013 to 24 in 2017; 10) creating the MCC Research Network; 11) 
promoting communication throughout the MCC and catchment area with a new website and additional social 
media platforms; 12) fostering growth of the Clinical Research Office and creating the Clinical Research 
Enrollment and Development of Investigational Trials program to recognize faculty for clinical research efforts; 
13) overseeing the expansion of space, including a dedicated Precision Medicine Center (PMC), a new 
inpatient floor with 63 additional beds and dedicated administrative space for the MCC Affiliate and Research 
networks; 14) planning utilization of 2 MCC research floors (50,329 sq. ft.) in the new Research Building 2, 
scheduled to open in 2018; 15) creating the MCC Community Outreach Program and establishing the annual 
Expressions of Courage event for cancer survivors; and 16) facilitating developmen...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10470101
- **Project number:** 5P30CA177558-10
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
- **Principal Investigator:** Bernard Mark Evers
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $216,527
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2013-07-08 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10470101

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10470101, Administration (5P30CA177558-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10470101. Licensed CC0.

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