# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · 2024 · $717,892

## Abstract

The Oklahoma Shared Clinical and Translational Resources (OSCTR) serves as the central nexus for clinical
and translational research (CTR) in Oklahoma, primarily focusing on addressing the most pressing health
issues of Oklahoma and other IDeA states, particularly health equity. The OSCTR will accomplish this mission
by providing CTR training and infrastructure, helping junior investigators establish independent CTR careers,
and expanding opportunities for community participation in clinical research and trials. The OSCTR activities
span more than 30 entities, including academic health centers, major universities, non-profit research
institutions, public health, tribal nations, and community organizations. The OSCTR is governed and managed
through this Core. The Program Director, Program Coordinator, Executive Committee, Steering Committee,
and Internal and External Advisory Committees provide strategic plans, policies, procedures, and oversight to
achieve the overall mission and goals of the OSCTR. These leaders allocate OSCTR resource use, prioritizing
research addressing prominent health issues in Oklahoma, such as cancer, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular
disease, mental health, substance abuse, arthritis and autoimmunity, child health, and positive health choices.
Through meetings, annual conferences, workshops, seminars, webinars, and teleconferences, leadership
decisions are communicated with OSCTR partners, investigators, scholars, and NIGMS program staff. The
Administrative Core will manage the Gateway to Research in Oklahoma (GRO), a new unified portal where
researchers, healthcare professionals, and patients can become involved with CTR in Oklahoma. GRO
consolidates and expands several OSCTR activities and resources for investigators, including a research
navigator service, CTR fact sheets and tutorials, access to OSCTR Core resources, and a powerful web-based
research networking application (PROFILES). For clinicians, GRO provides tools for understanding the clinical
research process, discussing clinical research with patients, and implementing evidence-based practices. For
patients, GRO introduces research participation and shares stories of CTR at OSCTR partner institutions. The
Administrative Core will continue to foster collaborations with other IDeA programs in Oklahoma to help
leverage NIH investments in the state. It also will help lead efforts to build on the recent successes of cross-
state IDeA-CTR collaborations that can address other shared health concerns. Scientific communications
personnel will provide lay summaries to stakeholder communities. Finally, this Core houses the OSCTR
Scientific Writing Unit (SWU), formed in response to stakeholder input to foster the productivity and funding
success of OSCTR Scholars and Pilot recipients by providing training, writing assistance, and consultation on
developing publications and grant applications. To help facilitate a sustainable impact on CTR in Oklahoma,
the proposal develo...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10908680
- **Project number:** 5U54GM104938-12
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** JUDITH A JAMES
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $717,892
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2013-09-01 → 2028-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10908680

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10908680, Administrative Core (5U54GM104938-12). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10908680. Licensed CC0.

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