# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · 2020 · $668,322

## Abstract

The University of Louisville Hepatobiology and Toxicology COBRE is a multidisciplinary group of investigators
focusing on the liver and liver injury, gut:liver interactions, and liver:environment/toxicant/drug interactions.
UofL is uniquely poised to investigate these problems in a coordinated and efficient fashion. UofL has the
largest academic hepatology section in the region, with 6 clinical hepatologists and multiple PhD investigators
across campus, and collaborators across the nation. The Hepatobiology group has strong research and
training interactions with the Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology and other basic science programs across
campus. We have an established record of federal funding, mentoring and interactions with UofL training
grants. This application is led by a PI who is highly qualified. We have five outstanding PI-mentees with well
established, funded senior mentoring teams. Our proposed COBRE will have a major positive impact on
research and community outreach at UofL and in the region. The Hepatobiology and Toxicology COBRE will
facilitate the recruitment/ development of faculty in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and
associated critical areas (e.g., personalized medicine; drug metabolism). This COBRE will develop cores which
will benefit all of UofL and will help recruit/retain critical faculty. Liver diseases have a major impact on public
health, and especially so in Kentucky. Our population is poor, rural and among the most overweight in the
country, and Kentucky is a leader in the distillation of alcoholic spirits. Thus, this COBRE will have wide impact
on development of researchers and research infrastructure focused on hepatic metabolism as well as liver
diseases and their treatments, and it will enhance the health of Kentucky residents and beyond.
 The Administrative Core will provide overall governance and will ensure that the COBRE projects and cores
work together in a cohesive and coordinated manner. All projects and cores will utilize the Administrative Core.
The Specific Aims are to:
1) provide a formal governance structure to provide coordination, direction and prioritization of
activities, including budget issues and resolving any conflicts as they arise, ensuring the quality of all
functions and evaluating progress;
2) provide a formalized process for mentoring junior faculty and developing senior faculty mentors;
3) provide a mechanism to replace mentees as they become independent;
4) provide a mechanism to replace any key individuals who may leave;
5) provide pilot funding for junior faculty or senior faculty coming into the Hepatobiology and
Toxicology area;
6) provide biostatistical and bioinformatics support; and
7) disseminate pertinent information to the scientific and lay community.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9904701
- **Project number:** 5P20GM113226-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
- **Principal Investigator:** CRAIG J. MCCLAIN
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $668,322
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9904701

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9904701, Administrative Core (5P20GM113226-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9904701. Licensed CC0.

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