# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · EMORY UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $692,937

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
Under the direction of Executive Director Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, Winship has continued to enhance its 
administrative team and its functionality through process improvements, staff restructuring, and growth. Senior 
Director for Cancer Research Administration Kimberly Kerstann, PhD oversees Winship Administration. 
Kerstann sets the Winship administrative priorities to facilitate the strategic advancement of collaborative cancerrelated research in a matrix organization. Winship Administration assists the Executive Director, senior 
leadership, program leaders and co-leaders, shared resource directors, and members in fulfilling the mission of 
Winship by offering highly effective administrative management, program planning, and centralized services. 
The administrative unit supports faculty and staff involved with the CCSG and its related activities, occupants of 
Winship space, recipients of Winship pilot grants and philanthropic funds, participants in cancer disease site 
working groups and programs, and participants in clinical oncology investigation. Winship Administration has 
continued to seek guidance from internal and external advisors and act strategically to position itself for growth. 
Winship’s senior leadership team is comprised of Executive Director Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD; Deputy Director 
Suresh Ramalingam, MD; Associate Director for Population Sciences Carla Berg, PhD; Associate Director for 
Mentorship, Education, and Training Deborah Bruner, PhD, RN; Associate Director for Basic Science Paul 
Doetsch, PhD; Associate Director for Clinical Research Bassel El-Rayes, MD; and Senior Director for Cancer 
Research Administration Kimberly Kerstann, PhD. Senior leadership oversees the advancement of Winship’s 
scientific priorities, Winship’s research programs and shared resources, Winship’s education, training, and 
mentorship efforts, Winship’s multi-investigator, multi-disciplinary, and translational science, and its cancerrelated clinical research. Senior leadership is also responsible for developing and executing Winship’s strategic 
planning process.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10595755
- **Project number:** 3P30CA138292-13S3
- **Recipient organization:** EMORY UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Suresh S Ramalingam
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $692,937
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2009-04-07 → 2023-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10595755

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10595755, Administrative Core (3P30CA138292-13S3). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10595755. Licensed CC0.

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