# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P50** · RAND CORPORATION · 2020 · $343,965

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
The opioid crisis is a complex and dynamic problem, affecting a significant number of people and communities
and generating tremendous public health and social costs. The situation today arose out of decades of
unattended issues that each contributed to the problem, and the continued rapid evolution of the crisis
necessitates collaborative efforts that draw from diverse disciplines and perspectives in order to disentangle
the wide range of activities, responsibilities, and challenges facing our public health, health care, public safety,
law enforcement and criminal justice systems these complexities. The RAND Center for Opioid Policy
Research (COPR) aims to bring together an extraordinary group of multi-disciplinary scholars to develop the
necessary reliable and relevant data, rigorous methods, and policy tools that can push the science forward
quickly in the identification of effective strategies that can inform evidence-based opioid policy. The purpose of
the Administrative Core (AC) is to provide that leadership and support and facilitate the investigative teams in
the execution of the Center’s objectives. The AC will provide overall scientific oversight and manage quality
control throughout COPR by developing a set of Center-wide and Project- and DMC-specific Standard
Operating Procedures (SOPs) that will formalize review and oversight for all aspects of the COPR. The
development of these SOPs, in combination with the establishment of the Center’s External Advisory Board,
will ensure that Center activities are conducted efficiently and are focusing on the most pressing and relevant
opioid policy issues to address the most salient methodological challenges faced by the field. By overseeing
COPR administrative support and communication, leveraging the rich collaboration and communication tools
within our research environment, the AC will promote internal communication and collaboration, encourage
synergy, and facilitate team science across COPR. Given the highly dynamic nature of the opioid crisis and
opioid policy environment, the AC will serve as the Center’s overarching resource for staying abreast of new
policy areas, dimensions, outcomes, and issues that arise as opioid markets and the problems associated with
them shift. The AC will thus take responsibility for the selection of Pilot Projects addressing emerging opioid
issues and will also provide content-area guidance to support these studies. Finally, the AC will establish a
dedicated Communications and Dissemination Arm (CDA) to maximize research dissemination and policy
impact. By housing this centralized communication infrastructure in the AC, we ensure that COPR research
tools, data, and findings are most effectively communicated and disseminated both within the internal Center
team and affiliated institutions, as well as to a broader audience, including researchers, policymakers, and the
general public. Combined, the AC’s activities will enhance our ability to ensure scien...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9980868
- **Project number:** 5P50DA046351-03
- **Recipient organization:** RAND CORPORATION
- **Principal Investigator:** BRADLEY D STEIN
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $343,965
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9980868

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9980868, Administrative Core (5P50DA046351-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9980868. Licensed CC0.

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