# ECHO Steering Committee Support and Communications Component

> **NIH NIH U2C** · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $3,918,057

## Abstract

Well-designed research is urgently needed to examine the impact of environmental exposures on health
outcomes in children. To address these knowledge gaps, the Environmental Influences on Child Health
Outcomes (ECHO) program promises to leverage extant pediatric cohorts to test new hypotheses of how
environmental exposures impact pediatric health. The Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) proposes to
serve as the ECHO Coordinating Center (ECHO CC) to provide the organizational framework for the
management, direction, and overall coordination of all common ECHO activities. DCRI is uniquely poised to
lead this ambitious initiative. As the world’s largest academic research organization, DCRI manages nearly 30
active network and administrative coordinating center grants and has emerged as a leader in pediatric clinical
research. In order to coordinate all functions of the ECHO Leadership Team; develop and implement
ECHO operating policies and procedures; develop targeted communication strategies for ECHO
stakeholders; and develop and maintain the ECHO Web Portal, the DCRI will establish the ECHO CC
Steering Committee Support and Communications Component (SC Component). The ECHO SC
Component will focus on supporting communication between all ECHO components, investigators, and the
public. This will be facilitated by DCRI’s extensive experience leading federally funded coordinating centers
including 1) supporting network Steering Committees; 2) developing network policies and procedures; and 3)
building Web Portals to serve as the face of the network. To achieve this vision, the SC Component will
establish three Teams: 1) The Steering Committee Support Team will support for the integral functions of the
ECHO Leadership Team and facilitate communication pathways between the governing committees; 2) The
Web Portal Team will create and maintain a robust, versatile, web presence for the ECHO program that will
serve as the ECHO program’s “front door” for the wider scientific community, the public and facilitate the
complex communication needs for all ECHO Elements; and 3) The Communications Support Team will
supporting the day-to-day communication needs of the program and lead the development of a strategic
communication work plan for the ECHO Program.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10488765
- **Project number:** 5U2COD023375-07
- **Recipient organization:** DUKE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Laura Kristin NEWBY
- **Activity code:** U2C (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $3,918,057
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-21 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10488765

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10488765, ECHO Steering Committee Support and Communications Component (5U2COD023375-07). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10488765. Licensed CC0.

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