# Northwestern University Skin Disease Research Center Resource-based Center

> **NIH NIH P30** · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $292,938

## Abstract

Administrative Core Project Summary
The Administrative Core, led by the Center Director, Dr. Amy S. Paller, and two Associate Center Directors,
Drs. Rui Yi and Kurt Lu, will be responsible for coordinating all activities of the SBDRC. The Administrative
Core will serve as a focal point for all cutaneous biology-related activities for scientists at Northwestern and
nationally via an Enrichment Program that organizes seminars, workshops, lectures, and one-on-one
interactions with distinguished visiting scientists. The Core will serve as a liaison with other Centers, including
running joint conferences with skin-focused groups regionally (eg, the CounterACT Center and Chan
Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago) and nationally (other SBDRCs). The Administrative Core will also maintain the
SBDRC website and disseminate electronic communication, including through a newsletter and use of social
media. The Core will continue to encourage investigators to enter the skin biology field and utilize Research
Core services through the administration of a Pilot & Feasibility Program that funds three P&F grants per year.
Through management of the Minority and Sex Awareness Program, the Administrative Core hopes to: (i)
promote a better understanding of the biology of all human skin; and (ii) attract and recruit under-represented
minorities and women into cutaneous research. To this end, we ensure diversity in the Cores’ cell and skin
biorepository, prioritize pilot grants that involve comparison between sexes or racial/ethnic groups or a problem
that disproportionately affects one sex or a minority population, and have numerous programs that encourage
high school through medical school students from underrepresented minorities to consider skin biology
research as a career. The Administrative Core will regularly review the other Research Cores (Skin Tissue
Engineering and Morphology/STEM, Translating Experimental Skin Testing with Immune Tracing, Informatics,
and Technology/TEST IT2, and Gene Editing, Transduction and Nanotechnology/GET iN) to assure quality,
fiscal responsibility, cutting-edge science, and continued development of new services. The Core will also
oversee all fiscal maintenance of Center resources, including service cost calculations and ensuring an overall
balanced budget. The Administrative Core will accomplish all of these tasks with guidance from: (i) the SBDRC
Executive Committee; (ii) the Executive Board (administrative oversight); (iii) an Internal Advisory Board
(science oversight); and (iv) an External Advisory Board. Finally, the Core will continue to foster the training of
young scientists in the field of skin biology and skin diseases through the continued mentorship of our junior
members by more senior SBDRC bench research members and the Boards.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10843522
- **Project number:** 2P30AR075049-06
- **Recipient organization:** NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Amy S Paller
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $292,938
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2019-08-20 → 2029-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10843522

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10843522, Northwestern University Skin Disease Research Center Resource-based Center (2P30AR075049-06). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10843522. Licensed CC0.

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