# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $399,362

## Abstract

The Administrative Core of the Center for Urban Responses to Environmental Stressors (CURES) is the seat
of leadership, governance, fiscal management, communications, career enhancement, and evaluation for all
Center operations, resources, Cores, and Programs. The Administrative Core is responsible for assuring that
all units are cooperating toward our shared goals and for anticipating the needs of the Center investigators and
the community so that they can be met by CURES. The CURES Director and Deputy Director, Drs. Melissa
Runge-Morris and Christine Cole Johnson, foster a shared vision well aligned with NIEHS, establish priorities,
set clear expectations of members, and promote collaborations in meeting the CURES goals of facilitating
transdisciplinary, translational research, and community engagement regarding exposures to stressors
prevalent in the urban post-industrial environment and their effects on human health. The specific aims of the
Administrative Core are to 1) coordinate essential operational activities of CURES by a) providing leadership
with the requisite expertise to oversee all activities of the Center, b) managing Center business operations
including financial and personnel issues; c) communicating operational activities to Core and Program leaders
through monthly meetings with the internal advisory committee; d) coordinating biannual meetings with the
external advisory committee to review Center progress and direction; e) communicating regularly with the
institutional leadership to ensure that adequate facilities and resources are always available to the Center; and
f) maintaining lines of communication with NIEHS and other environmental health sciences core centers; 2)
facilitate Center-wide communication and enrichment by holding a) a seminar series that features
presentations by CURES members and external experts; b) Center-wide “research integrator” meetings; and c)
an annual full-day thematic symposium; 3) establish a Career Enhancement Program that supports the
scientific and career advancement of CURES investigators by a) providing mentoring for early-stage and new
investigators and training for all investigators to improve scientific and funding success, b) promoting workforce
diversification at both the trainee and faculty levels, c) providing training to develop skills for effective
communication between CURES investigators and community members and within interdisciplinary research
groups, and d) actively promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion practice and awareness within the CURES
network, as articulated in our Plan for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives; and 4) apply evaluative metrics to
capture, track, and share all data indicative of CURES research progress, community engagement, and public
health impact by implementing a series of “Operational and Strategic Dashboards” to provide insight and
visualize performance metrics against enterprise-wide goals. The Administrative Core is responsible for
preserving one...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10830592
- **Project number:** 1P30ES036084-01
- **Recipient organization:** WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Melissa A Runge-Morris
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $399,362
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2024-06-20 → 2028-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10830592

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10830592, Administrative Core (1P30ES036084-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-29 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10830592. Licensed CC0.

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