# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P50** · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · 2024 · $162,750

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract for the Administrative Core
The Administrative Core of the UT Southwestern Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized
Research Center (MDSRC) will be responsible for the management and administration of the overall Center.
The primary goal of the Administrative Core is to ensure our Center remains successful in optimizing genome
editing or myoediting as a feasible and practical approach to treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
Achievement of the Center’s goal will be a transformative moment in modern medicine and will be a significant
contribution to the field of muscular dystrophy research as well as to patient care. In order for the UT
Southwestern Wellstone MDSRC to remain successful in its scientific endeavors, the Administrative Core will
continue to provide leadership amongst the various investigators within the Center in order to ensure efficient
use of resources and the successful completion of the goals outlined in this NIH P50 Grant Application. The
Administrative Core will provide an environment to facilitate the sharing and exchange of ideas and discoveries
within the Center as well as with the scientific community at-large. The Center will also actively seek to
disseminate these discoveries to patients and their families. The nurturing environment that exists at UT
Southwestern will foster the training and education of the next generation of clinical and scientific investigators
in the field of muscular dystrophy research. Finally, the UT Southwestern Administrative Core will continue its
effective communication with the NIH and Wellstone Network Consortium in order to collectively advance the
field of muscular dystrophy research forward. The goals set out by the Administrative Core will be
accomplished by pursuing the following three specific aims: Specific Aim 1: To facilitate and enhance clinical
and scientific interactions within the UT Southwestern Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research
Center. Specific Aim 2: To promote the dissemination of knowledge, resources, and discoveries related to
genome editing and Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Specific Aim 3: To serve as an advocate for and promote
outreach to muscular dystrophy patients and their families regarding novel therapeutics and advances in
clinical care. Under the continued effective leadership of the Administrative Core, the UT Southwestern
Senator Paul D. Wellstone MDSRC will strive to achieve its overarching goal of optimizing genome editing to
be an effective method of permanently restoring dystrophin expression within myocytes and thus provide a
long awaited therapy for DMD. Thus, the proposed NIH P50 Grant Application is relevant to and in keeping
with the mission of the NIH.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10911062
- **Project number:** 5P50HD087351-10
- **Recipient organization:** UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** ERIC N Olson
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $162,750
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2015-09-15 → 2026-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10911062

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10911062, Administrative Core (5P50HD087351-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10911062. Licensed CC0.

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