# Administration Core: Core A

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · 2020 · $578,970

## Abstract

The Administrative Office of the HCCC provides efficient, broad-based administrative support to the HCCC's
Director, senior leadership, program leaders, shared resources resource directors, and HCCC members.
The role of the Administrative Office is to provide infrastructure to facilitate all HCCC research functions
including: 1) Strategic Planning, 2) Communications, 3) Research Programs Support, 4) Shared Research
Resources Oversight, 5) Financial Management, 6) Research Education, 7) Space Utilization and
Construction, and 8) Linkages with the Iowa Cancer Consortium. The HCCC functions administratively as a
matrix cancer center with administrative staff providing support to 187 HCCC members with over $41.3 million
in peer reviewed funding, including $17.9 million from the NCI and $14.8 million in non-peer reviewed funding.
HCCC administration leverages the expertise of its team members while operating in an innovative and
efficient manner. New initiatives supported since the last grant cycle include 1) Operationalizing two new
shared research resources, 2) Transitioning to the newly configured research programs, 3) Deploying two new
seed grants (Cancer and Aging Pilot grants and Pathways to Accelerate Cancer Therapeutics), 4) Converting
to electronic submission and award of grants, 5) Strengthening inter-programmatic interactions and
educational offerings by organizing new forums such as the HCCC Research Retreat which hosts over 250
attendees, 6) Advancing research education with the formation of the HCCC Education Committee and
promoting STEM education events throughout the State, and 7) Promoting communication throughout the
HCCC and catchment area with new social media tools.
HCCC Senior Leadership
Senior leadership supports the Director of the Cancer Center in defining and implementing the strategic vision.
Members of the senior leadership team include: Director, George Weiner, MD; Deputy Director for Research,
Michael Henry, PhD; Associate Director for Basic Research, Gail Bishop, PhD; Interim Associate Director for
Clinical Research, Kimberly Leslie, MD; Associate Director for Population Science, Elizabeth Chrischilles, PhD;
Associate Director for Administration, Tina Devery, MHA; and Assistant Director for Education, Jon Houtman,
PhD. This team establishes a vision for the HCCC and addresses overall goals, policies and operations.
Together they foster cancer discovery and translation, and integrate education, at multiple levels, into the
HCCC. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and coordination, senior leadership identifies and supports
cancer research that is applicable to the catchment area of the HCCC, which is the State of Iowa.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9914234
- **Project number:** 5P30CA086862-20
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
- **Principal Investigator:** George J. Weiner
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $578,970
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9914234

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9914234, Administration Core: Core A (5P30CA086862-20). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-12 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9914234. Licensed CC0.

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