# Research Translation Core

> **NIH NIH P42** · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $79,731

## Abstract

Research Translation Core ABSTRACT
The Texas A&M University Superfund Research Center will focus on comprehensive solutions for addressing
human health risks during and after environmental emergency-related contamination events, by developing
novel approaches to rapidly and comprehensively evaluate and reduce the potential health hazards of
exposures to complex chemical mixtures. Achieving the Center's ultimate goal of improving decision-making
after an environmental emergency requires communication, partnerships, technology transfer, and broad-
based information dissemination to a wide range of stakeholders, including academia, government agencies,
the private sector, and as well as potentially affected individuals and communities. Natural and man-made
disasters may occur anywhere across the country, and a broad-based communication, dissemination, and
technology transfer strategy is needed into order to encourage accurate and timely use of Center research
products. The overall goal of the Research Translation Core is to improve the identification, characterization,
and remediation of chemical contamination from natural and man-made disasters through communication and
technology transfer of Center research findings to multiple stakeholders, including: the NIEHS; industry,
research and non-governmental organizations; federal, state, local, and tribal agencies and elected officials;
and individuals and communities that may be affected. Directed by Drs. Thomas McDonald and Weihsueh
Chiu, the Research Translation Core will coordinate its work closely with the Decision Science Core and
Community Engagement Core and will facilitate these interactions through a comprehensive suite of activities
that target the greatest opportunities for improving environmental health decision-making. Key technology
transfer opportunities include methods being developed for chemical detection, exposure mitigation, in vitro
testing of organ-specific toxicity, and in vitro testing for endocrine disrupting chemicals. Additionally, the
Research Translation Core aims to develop a suite of modular online decision-support tools in the form of user-
friendly “Dashboards” to provide access to and visualization of data and predictions of fate and transport,
exposure (including analytical chemistry), toxicokinetics, hazards, and risks. A broad-based communication
strategy will include “passive” (web-based) dissemination of research findings, as well as “active”
communication through partnerships with local communities. Ultimately, the Research Translation Core aims to
facilitate the broader impact of Center research in the planning for, response to, and recovery/remediation of
contamination after environmental emergencies, as well as to create a broad awareness of Center activities
across a wide range of audiences and stakeholders.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9903368
- **Project number:** 5P42ES027704-04
- **Recipient organization:** TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** THOMAS Joseph MCDONALD
- **Activity code:** P42 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $79,731
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9903368

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9903368, Research Translation Core (5P42ES027704-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9903368. Licensed CC0.

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