# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER · 2024 · $792,541

## Abstract

Abstract: The Administrative Core (AC) will support the Program Director of the Center for 
Translational Viral Oncology (CTVO) during its Phase 2 operation by providing the overall 
planning and coordination of the mentoring and research for the selected group of Junior Principle 
Investigators (PJIs). The AC will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the 
Center, organizing advisory committee meetings, facilitating JPIs privileged access to research 
core facilities, evaluating new pilots and research projects, and promoting interdisciplinary 
interactions. This will ensure an appropriate career development for JPIs who have a strong 
interest in utilizing their most important research findings for the development of new preventive 
and/or therapeutic modalities against virus-associated cancers. There are three major factors 
which make the CTVO highly competitive and unique: 1) Access to a unique minority patient 
population that is disproportionally affected by virus-induced cancers; 2) Experienced basic 
research and clinical scientists who are dedicated to the study of viral cancers and are highly 
motivated to serve as mentors and advisors in CTVO; and 3) State-of-the-art Research Core 
Facilities. The AC is designed specifically to facilitate each of these crucial components through 
the following specific aims: Aim 1: Provide scientific leadership and administrative structure for 
coordinating thematic research on viruses and cancer across participating institutions, including 
peer review from internal and external advisors, and for integration of CTVO with other programs 
dedicated to research, patient care, teaching, and community engagement. Aim 2: Support the 
development of highly competitive Principal Junior Investigators (JPIs) through mentoring and 
career development plans within the CTVO and their Academic Departments. Aim 3: Promote 
the development, sustainability, and effective utilization of research core facilities, novel scientific 
techniques and resources while instilling an awareness and sensitivity to gender, economic and 
ethnic inclusiveness, and equity in all activities. The participating institutions include Louisiana 
State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC), New Orleans; LSUHSC, Baton Rouge; 
LSUHSC, Shreveport; and Tulane University Medical Center (TUMC), which are responsible for 
the majority of patient care, research, and scientific training in the region. These institutions 
support state-of-the-art core facilities, tumor registries, electronic medical records, clinical trial 
units and bioinformatics. We have engaged these valuable institutional resources and have 
selected outstanding basic research and clinical mentors to create this highly motivating and 
competitive research environment for COBRE-supported JPI candidates.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10913992
- **Project number:** 5P20GM121288-08
- **Recipient organization:** LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** John T. West
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $792,541
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-08-15 → 2027-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10913992

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10913992, Administrative Core (5P20GM121288-08). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10913992. Licensed CC0.

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