# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · 2020 · $506,301

## Abstract

ABSTRACT 
The long-term goal of the Kansas Institute for Precision Medicine (KIPM) is to develop a multi-disciplinary 
research environment focused on the theme of precision medicine that will advance healthcare through 
innovative scientific discoveries. This will be accomplished through this Phase I COBRE program, which will 
develop an innovative training paradigm of physician/scientists that is fortified by an experienced set of directors 
and mentors with experiences in biomedical research, state-of-the-art research cores, and an organizational 
structure all built around the precision medicine theme. This KIPM COBRE will be led by Andrew K. Godwin, 
PhD (Director), Steven A. Soper, PhD (Associate Director), and Alan S.L. Yu, MB, B. Chir (Director of Mentoring 
and Career Development) and will train promising young scientists under the auspices of precision medicine. 
The Administrative Core will be responsible for the overall management of the administrative, fiscal, and scientific 
aspects of KIPM. This Core will play an important leadership role in the COBRE program by setting the overall 
scientific direction of KIPM's activities, coordinating and integrating all of the KIPM's functions, establishing and 
delineating areas of research emphasis, and promoting internal and external collaborative interactions. Dr. 
Godwin will have primary administrative oversight of the COBRE through the Administrative Core, but all KIMP 
activities will be managed and evaluated jointly by the three principal investigators. The specific aims of the 
Administrative Core will be to: 1) provide administrative leadership and coordinate the research effort by 
providing the appropriate financial accounting, clerical and other program management support; 2) design and 
implement a mentoring and career development plan for junior faculty members; 3) convene an internal and an 
external advisory committee to evaluate the KIPM COBRE; 4) administer and evaluate a research pilot project 
program; and 5) develop training and infrastructure for patient and community engagement and implementation 
of precision medicine in primary care practices. These activities will be assisted by Ms. Susan Ard, who will 
meet regularly with each of the COBRE faculty to review their available funding and track expenditures. 
Additionally, she will help administer the fiscal accounting for all of the proposed pilot projects, coordinate 
meetings, travel and activities for the external faculty mentors, the internal and external advisory board members, 
patient advocates, and members of the Patient and Community Engagement (PACE) Council. Overall, the 
proposed KIPM COBRE Administrative Core will promote and strengthen interactions between the COBRE and 
the parent institution by interfacing its activities with other programs, centers, and institutes at KUMC, and by 
integrating the biomedical research cores with existing institutional shared resource centers.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9869919
- **Project number:** 5P20GM130423-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** ANDREW K. GODWIN
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $506,301
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9869919

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9869919, Administrative Core (5P20GM130423-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9869919. Licensed CC0.

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