# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P42** · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $201,671

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract: Detroit has the highest preterm birth rate of the 100 US cities with the greatest
number of births, and volatile organic chemicals are potential etiologic factors, likely due in part to their
migration from Superfund sites to locations where human exposures can occur. The Center for Leadership in
Environmental Awareness and Research (CLEAR) is dedicated to understanding and mitigating this serious
environmental health problem, as well as working with our community, government agencies, and other
stakeholders to increase awareness about this problem and cultivate a diverse cohort of leaders to mitigate it.
The CLEAR Administrative Core is the integrative hub that provides experienced leadership, business
management, structures for communication and coordination among Center research projects and cores,
processes for research translation to stakeholders, and mechanisms for evaluation and adjustment of Center
activities to reduce the impacts of volatile organic compounds on both public and environmental health. In Aim
1, the Administrative Core, co-led by Melissa Runge-Morris, MD, and Carol Miller, PhD, PE, will coordinate
essential centralized operational activities by providing strong leadership, managing Center business
operations, communicating CLEAR operational activities to project and core leaders through monthly meetings
of the Internal Advisory Committee, coordinating biannual meetings with the External Advisory Committee,
communicating regularly with University leadership to ensure strong institutional support, and communicating
regularly with SRP staff to report progress and ensure that CLEAR remains well-aligned with the SRP mission.
In Aim 2, the Administrative Core will facilitate interdisciplinary interactions among CLEAR projects and cores
through its monthly Internal Advisory Committee meetings, a weekly seminar series, quarterly half-day
“progress-pulse” workshops, and an annual thematic symposium. In Aim 3, the Administrative Core will
accomplish research translation via an accomplished team with a unique blend of expertise in environmental
justice communication, environmental and public health law, user-centered information design and
communications, and economic impact analysis, who will disseminate information about CLEAR research
advances and program events to internal and external stakeholders that include academics, SRP staff,
policymakers and government actors, community partners, and technology development partners, using a
targeted communication strategy that includes publication, media dissemination, digital platforms, policy
papers, annual reports, briefing sessions, community art exhibits, and symposia. Aim 4 is devoted to Center
self-evaluation and will include implementation of “Operational and Strategic Dashboards” to visualize metrics
of performance against the Center’s goals, thereby providing an objective means to align strategy with tactics,
ensure a goal-driven and performance-based da...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10867391
- **Project number:** 5P42ES030991-03
- **Recipient organization:** WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Carol Jean Miller
- **Activity code:** P42 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $201,671
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2022-09-08 → 2027-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10867391

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10867391, Administrative Core (5P42ES030991-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10867391. Licensed CC0.

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