# San Diego Digestive Diseases Research Center

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · 2020 · $1,145,710

## Abstract

Summary
The San Diego Digestive Diseases Research Center is founded on a research base of 33 outstanding
investigators with current digestive diseases-relevant funding of $15,689,402 in total annual direct costs, of
which $5,711,412 (36.4%) are from NIDDK. The overall mission of the Center is to support basic, translational
and clinical research that will lead to improved treatment and prevention of inflammatory diseases of the
digestive system. The primary goal of the Center is to provide services to the research laboratories of a
consortium of four adjacent research institutions in the San Diego area that will foster research productivity and
new research directions, and encourage productive collaborations. Another major goal of the San Diego
Digestive Diseases Research Center is to enhance new digestive diseases research through Pilot/Feasibility
and Enrichment programs. The Center supports three interrelated Biomedical Research Cores that are
designed to enhance the research potential and productivity of the Center members. The Human Translational
Core builds upon existing expertise in clinical and translational research to provide access to human
specimens and leverages unique existing repositories of inflammatory bowel disease and liver diseases. The
Preclinical Models Core facilitates and assists in characterizing and understanding of gastrointestinal and liver
diseases using murine models. The Microbiomics and Functional Genomics Core provides cutting-edge and
cost-effective access to sequencing-based technologies in microbiomics and functional genomics.
Furthermore, an Administrative Core supports the Center administratively and coordinates the Pilot/Feasibility
and Enrichment programs. Together, these Cores provide high-quality and state-of-the-art research resources
to increase collaborative activity and effectiveness of the members, and promote the development of junior
investigators. Combined with the Pilot/Feasibility and Enrichment programs, the San Diego Digestive Diseases
Research Center will complement a strong cadre of scientists focused on a range of important inflammatory
diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver. By creating a unique environment to nurture novel research
ideas and interactions, the San Diego Digestive Diseases Research Center presents a unique opportunity to
integrate clinical and bench research to advance the basic understanding of digestive diseases, and enhance
the health and care of patients suffering from those diseases.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9962387
- **Project number:** 5P30DK120515-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
- **Principal Investigator:** LARS ECKMANN
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,145,710
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-07-01 → 2024-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9962387

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9962387, San Diego Digestive Diseases Research Center (5P30DK120515-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9962387. Licensed CC0.

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