# Research Infrastructure Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MED & SCI · 2020 · $1,311,562

## Abstract

Research Infrastructure Core
Abstract
Our Research Infrastructure Core proposed in this renewal application is designed to meet the mission of
creating technology and infrastructure for investigators/researchers conducting leading-edge translational
research to improve health and eliminate health disparities. This Core is built upon established infrastructure at
CDU through a combination of institutional funds (IDC), previous AXIS/RCMI/NIMHD funding support (2009-
2014 and 2014-2019), other Center grants, and Endowment funds. It will be supported through R01 projects,
Pilot and Seed projects, Drug Discovery Unit, Clinical Research Resource Unit, Biomedical Informatics Unit,
Research Method/Statistical Unit and ICTBD (Integrated Clinical and Tissue Biorepository/Biobank Data Base
Core). The core is designed to combine the established research resource infrastructure in last two cycles of
AXIS grant funding period that included Research Methods/Statistical Unit, Biomedical Information Unit, Clinical
Research Resources and Facilities Unit and Laboratory Technology Unit. The guiding philosophy of this
proposed combined Research Infrastructure Core is that although many projects can be advanced by using
sophisticated genomic and cell biology techniques, their expense and difficulty of first use represent a significant
barrier. The new combined Research Infrastructure Core with focus on Precision Medicine is specifically
designed to overcome this barrier by providing training to CDU investigators that is not typically available
in most next generation sequencing, genomics, bioinformatics, cell biology, or other specific core
facilities. Moreover, this combined Research Infrastructure Core builds bridges among basic, clinical, behavior,
and community- based researches by providing comprehensive support and services to investigators conducting
translation research that includes Full-RO1 research projects proposed in this application and pilot and seed
projects those have been or will be developed in the Investigators Development Core.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9978967
- **Project number:** 5U54MD007598-12
- **Recipient organization:** CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MED & SCI
- **Principal Investigator:** Yanyuan Wu
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,311,562
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9978967

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9978967, Research Infrastructure Core (5U54MD007598-12). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9978967. Licensed CC0.

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