# Technology Enhanced Self-Management Interventions for Fatigue and Pain: The Symptoms Self Management Center (Administrative Core)

> **NIH NIH P20** · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · 2020 · $167,720

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT – ADMINISTRATIVE CORE
 The overall goal of the Symptoms Self Management Center (SSMC) Administrative Core (ADMIN) is to
create an infrastructure which provides a forum for, and subsequently coordinates development of
interdisciplinary research projects that leverage our existing strengths in technology enhanced symptom self
management interventions to address pain and fatigue. Importantly, the SSMC ADMIN Core will facilitate
integration with, and coordinated use of existing MUSC NIH Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA)
cores in technology, biomedical informatics, and community engaged research. Of note, TACHL and CCHP
CTSA cores are led by College of Nursing faculty, who will play a key role in facilitating pilot project access to
these CTSA resources. In addition, the SSMC ADMIN Core will establish transparent parameters for
governance, conflict resolution, fiscal management, pilot proposal review, publication and presentation
authorship expectations and protocols, regulatory oversight, and ultimately, center sustainability. This will be
accomplished through coordination of an Executive Committee (EC), Internal Advisory Board (IAC), and
External Advisory Board (EAC). The EC, led by the PI of this application (who is also the ADMIN Core Director)
will oversee the regular operations of the SSMC, as well as review and select pilot projects. The IAC
composed of interdisciplinary will be responsible for review of progress reports for Center events, review of
overall fiscal status presented by the Business Manager, and review of human subjects concerns. The EAC
composed of eminent nurse scientists will provide objective oversight, as well as evaluation and strategic
interactions to optimize the Center's impact. In sum, the ADMIN Core has the following AIMS:
Aim 1. Leadership and Management. Provide leadership, integration, scientific management, fiscal
management and accountability for all SSMC activities, services, human subjects and regulatory compliance
and related interactions, and dissemination of results, integration with our CTSA resources, and creation and
maintenance of internal and external advisory boards. Aim 2. Mentoring and Faculty Development. Enhance
ability of individual investigators to obtain NIH grants and establish long-term academic research careers in
symptom self management intervention development through intensive multiple source mentoring, access to
core resources, and opportunities for research support. Aim 3. Pilot Projects. Initiate a Pilot Projects Grant
Program in technology enhanced symptom self management intervention design/evaluation to attract new
investigators, enabling them to generate preliminary data with a goal of obtaining competitive extramural
research grants for full scale evaluation studies. Aim 4. Program Evaluation & Sustainability Plan. Develop
and implement an integrated, long-term evaluation plan, including formative and summative approaches and
specific milestones, to...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9926925
- **Project number:** 5P20NR016575-05
- **Recipient organization:** MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
- **Principal Investigator:** Teresa J Kelechi
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $167,720
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2022-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9926925

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9926925, Technology Enhanced Self-Management Interventions for Fatigue and Pain: The Symptoms Self Management Center (Administrative Core) (5P20NR016575-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-14 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9926925. Licensed CC0.

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