# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P50** · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · 2024 · $288,161

## Abstract

Administrative Summary 
The Administrative component of the Pediatric Center of Excellence in Nephrology (PCEN) is charged with 
oversight and organization of all of the activities of Center. The Program Director, R. Ariel Gomez will be 
responsible for the scientific coordination, the direction of research emphasis and the overall administration 
of the Center. Drs. Patricio Ray and Maria Luisa Sequeira-Lopez, senior principal investigators (PIs) of two 
of the Center projects will assist him in scientific and administrative matters including the Pilot and Feasibility 
(P&F) program (Dr. Ray) and the Enrichment program (Dr. Sequeira-Lopez). The Executive committee, 
composed of Dr. Gomez and all the project PIs with the internal and external advisory committees will 
oversee the P&F program, the Enrichment program and the functioning of the Core. The internal and 
external advisory committee members are experts in the central scientific theme of the Center. Those 
advisors will visit and evaluate the whole program each year and make recommendations regarding the 
suitability, funding and continuation of P&F projects and the direction of the center. The Administrative 
component will continue to maintain a fully developed website that describes the Center, highlights the 
research accomplishments of individual projects and the Core in Single Cell Epigenomics, Transcriptomics 
and Bioinformatics, advertises the call for applications to P&F awards (in coordination with the 2 other 
PCENs), and publicizes the seminars and symposia provided through the Enrichment program. 
Furthermore, all the opportunities and activities will be advertised in the PCEN Twitter and Facebook 
accounts. The University of Virginia provides extensive research facilities with numerous additional core labs 
to guarantee an exceptional environment for the research activities of the Center investigators. In further 
support of the Center, the institution has committed funds for salary, reagents and educational enrichment 
activities. The PCEN will continue to collaborate with the adult Nephrology Division via a Pediatric and Adult 
Nephrology U2C/TL1 training grant, with the Integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia 
(iTHRIV), the Center for Public Health Genomics, the new School of Data Science, the Cardiovascular 
Research Center (T32) and all the O’Brien and PCENs through the NOCKS series as well as establishing 
common PCEN workshops and annual symposia

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10916455
- **Project number:** 5P50DK096373-13
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
- **Principal Investigator:** ROBERTO Ariel GOMEZ
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $288,161
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2012-09-21 → 2027-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10916455

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10916455, Administrative Core (5P50DK096373-13). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10916455. Licensed CC0.

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