# Vanderbilt O'Brien Kidney Center-Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · 2020 · $116,582

## Abstract

Abstract
The Administrative Core will oversee the Vanderbilt O'Brien Kidney Center (VOKC) mission to advance
effective translation of new therapeutic approaches to the treatment of kidney disease. The Center leadership
consists of a Director (Raymond Harris), an Associate Director (Ambra Pozzi) and Core Directors or Co-
Directors (Kerri Cavanaugh, Mark de Caestecker, Eric Delpire, Agnes Fogo, Leslie Gewin, Volker Haase,
Adriana Hung, Alp Ikizler, , Eddie Siew, Takamune Takahashi, Haichun Yang, Matthew Wilson Roy Zent and
Ming-Zhi Zhang). All of the members of the Center leadership possess the knowledge and expertise necessary
for investigation of kidney disease. In addition, the Center leaders, as well as the other key members of the
Center, have a long history of productive collaboration.
The Administrative Component is responsible for 1) determining the membership of the VOKC; 2) allocating
resources to the specific Cores; 3) overseeing the animal welfare component; 4) overseeing the Pilot and
Feasibility Program; and 5) developing long-term strategy. In association with the Education and Enrichment
Core, the Administrative Component also oversees 1) the Vanderbilt Center for Kidney Disease (VCKD)
website (www.vckd.org), which allows effective communication with Center members and the kidney disease
research community outside Vanderbilt and provides informatics support to Center-affiliated members, 2) the
workshop programs; 3) the Renal Research Conference series; 4) a biannual Nephrology retreat; 5) the
community outreach programs; and 6) the summer student internship program. Finally, in these efforts, the
Director and Center leadership will receive advice and counsel from the Internal Advisory Committee, the
External Advisory Committee and the Pilot and Feasibility Review Committee.
In summary, the Administrative Component will serve as the coordinating center of the VOKC. Its goal is to
strive to provide unique services to the community of renal researchers both locally and in the larger national
and international research community.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9963237
- **Project number:** 5P30DK114809-04
- **Recipient organization:** VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** RAYMOND C. HARRIS
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $116,582
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9963237

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9963237, Vanderbilt O'Brien Kidney Center-Administrative Core (5P30DK114809-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9963237. Licensed CC0.

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