# Administrative and Professional Development Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · MAINEHEALTH · 2024 · $658,576

## Abstract

Administrative and Professional Development Core (L. Liaw, Core Director)
The Administrative and Professional Development Core is led by Lucy Liaw PhD, the PD/PI of this COBRE
program at MaineHealth. She will continue leadership of this successful program, which has flourished via
steady and dedicated management and mentorship, robust institutional support, targeted recruitment of
external investigators, and improvement of state-of-the-art scientific core facilities. In Phase I of this program,
all of the four initial junior project leads received NIH R01/R37 independent funding, and we have recruited
three additional junior investigator project leads to our program. Our core facilities continue to be in high
demand from our COBRE group and external investigators, and we have made instrumentation improvements
and developed new technologies based on user needs. In Phase II, we will be adding an additional junior
investigator project to our two newly initiated external recruits. This renewal proposes support for three junior
investigator projects focused on thermogenic adipocytes and systemic metabolism, the gut-bone axis following
bariatric surgery, and the impact of night shift work of pregnant women on pre-gestational diabetes and chronic
diabetes risk. The goals of this Phase II COBRE program are to foster and support scientific productivity and
collaboration, enhance and coordinate our research infrastructure, seek out and expand scientific expertise,
and actively oversee and monitor a professional development program. To accomplish these goals, this
Administrative and Professional Development Core will provide the organizational framework and leadership to
facilitate and encourage success. We are continuing support of three highly successful scientific core facilities
in the areas of Physiology, Histopathology and Microscopy, and Proteomics and Lipidomics. Our administrative
infrastructure relies on a robust mentoring network, with project leads engaging at least two mentors for
quarterly meetings and feedback. In addition, regular monthly COBRE team meetings, quarterly Clinical
Partners meetings, and twice annual Advisory Committee meetings round out our formal research progress
framework. The aims of this Administrative Core are to provide the research administrative and organizational
support to meet the goals of the overall program, which are:
 1) Provide leadership to evolve a robust Center infrastructure including administrative, fiscal and
 scientific management to support growth of collaborative research and resources in metabolic
 health and disease,
 2) Support career advancement for COBRE investigators and alumni,
 3) Maintain high quality shared scientific resources, and
 4) Accomplish these goals while building a diverse research community that is guided by principles of
 inclusion and equity.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10888322
- **Project number:** 5P20GM121301-07
- **Recipient organization:** MAINEHEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Lucy Liaw
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $658,576
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-01 → 2028-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10888322

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10888322, Administrative and Professional Development Core (5P20GM121301-07). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10888322. Licensed CC0.

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