# RCMI Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · 2024 · $438,112

## Abstract

The Administrative Core (AC) will provide leadership, oversight, and centralized management of all the 
strategic planning, research, dissemination, and implementation activities conducted by the RCMI Cores, 
Research Project, Pilot Grants, and administrative support staff. The AC will provide coordination, 
communication, and evaluation for all RCMI components, in support of the overarching goals of (1) 
significantly enhancing UH’s infrastructure and environment to advance health disparity science in addictions 
and cancer prevention research; and (2) increasing the productivity, discovery, and extramural funding of 
early-stage and new investigators to pursue innovative research and dissemination activities. The long-term 
goal of the AC is to provide an infrastructure for the RCMI to leverage health disparity science – in partnership 
with community members, organizations, stakeholders, and elected officials – to collaboratively implement a 
sustainable data-driven approach for saving lives and preventing infectious and chronic diseases. This goal 
will be achieved by the successful completion of 5 Specific Aims: Aim 1: Provide strategic leadership for the 
RCMI – including streamlined administrative oversight, efficient operational management, clear 
communication, budget management/oversight, and synergistic coordination of all components – to maximize 
a collective impact on health disparity science. Aim 2: Institute an integrative RCMI Leadership structure that 
oversees synergistic planning, implementation, and progress to ensure all aims and milestones are met on 
time and within budget. Aim 3: Execute an evidence-based team mentoring program with data-driven career 
enhancement activities for postdoctoral fellows and new investigators interested in advancing health disparity 
science. Aim 4: Advance collaborative, synergistic, and sustainable relationships between all RCMI 
components, scientists, community members, organizations, stakeholders, and elected officials. Aim 5: 
Develop a centralized program evaluation system that leverages a clear logic model to inform effective 
resource allocations and demonstrate an accelerated RCMI return on investment. The AC will provide the 
support and infrastructure needed for the daily management and operations of the RCMI, maintain open lines 
of communication among all the associated Cores, Research Project, Pilot Projects, administrative support 
staff, investigators, and NIMHD personnel. This AC’s management structure and evaluation plan will ensure 
that the aims of the RCMI are successfully achieved.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10845592
- **Project number:** 5U54MD015946-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
- **Principal Investigator:** Ezemenari M. Obasi
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $438,112
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-09-08 → 2026-10-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10845592

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10845592, RCMI Administrative Core (5U54MD015946-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10845592. Licensed CC0.

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