# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P42** · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · 2020 · $225,567

## Abstract

SUMMARY/ ABSTRACT
As the hub of our Superfund Research Center (SRC), the Administrative Core will advance our mission—to
understand and mitigate the effects of exposures to metals and metal mixtures found at Superfund sites on
late-life cognitive health—by providing executive oversight of all SRC activities, from scientific to fiscal to
logistical to research translation. Based in the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan
School of Public Health, the Administrative Core will comprise a Director (Dr. Quan Lu), Deputy Director (Dr.
Julie Zimmerman of Yale University), Research Translation Coordinator (Dr. Katherine von Stackelberg), and
Center Administrator and will be guided by an Executive Committee (comprising Project and Core Leaders)
and an External Advisory Committee. The Core will provide leadership and coordination to ensure that all
Research Project and Core activities align with the Superfund Research Program mandates and Superfund
mission “to solve target problem(s) related to health effects, risk, detection, and/or remediation of hazardous
substances.” The Administrative Core has four Specific Aims. In Aim 1, we will organize and coordinate intra-
Center meetings and conferences, including regular seminars, monthly meetings with an Executive Committee,
and yearly meetings with the External Advisory Committee (8 members, including subject matter experts and
stakeholders). In Aim 2, we will organize seminars and meetings to serve as central integration for all
members of the SRC community—professionals who bring diverse expertise in environmental epidemiology,
genetics, molecular toxicology, environmental science and engineering, and computational and data science—
to foster interactions that will strengthen existing collaborations, generate new ideas for future cross-
disciplinary collaborations, and provide interdisciplinary research and translation opportunities for trainees. In
Aim 3, we will provide central administration, fiscal management, and quality management to ensure research
integrity, as well as compliance with NIH requirements for data and resource sharing and human and animal
institutional review board requirements. In Aim 4 we will facilitate research translation through 1) effective
communication within the SRC and with stakeholders, leveraging collaborations with regional SRCs (e.g., the
Northeast regional Superfund trainee conference and the Complex Mixtures working group); 2) partnerships
with government agencies, including a visiting scientist program with EPA; 3) technology transfer in
conjunction with the Harvard Office of Technology Development and Yale Entrepreneurial Institute, and 4)
information dissemination to broad audiences through channels including social media, newsletters, podcasts
and videos. By providing an infrastructure that facilitates communication and integration across all Center
components, the Administrative Core ensures effective integration of the SRC to better understa...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9840751
- **Project number:** 1P42ES030990-01
- **Recipient organization:** HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Quan Lu
- **Activity code:** P42 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $225,567
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9840751

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9840751, Administrative Core (1P42ES030990-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9840751. Licensed CC0.

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