# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2020 · $257,024

## Abstract

The Michigan Integrative Musculoskeletal Health Core Center (MiMHC) will provide outstanding,
state-of-the-art resources and training to support research programs aimed at understanding
mechanisms of musculoskeletal health and disease. The MiMHC is structured to be consistent
with broader initiatives at UM aimed at promoting interactions across disciplines to solve
complex diseases and to advance healthcare. Like the University, the MiMHC also recognizes
that initiating and sustaining a culture of collaboration is essential for high impact research that
will significantly advance our understanding of mechanisms of disease and injury. To achieve
MiMHC goals, an Administrative Core will be established to provide the leadership and
administrative support to facilitate the efficiency and effectiveness by which the Resource Cores
enable the Research Community to conduct vertically oriented science from molecular
mechanisms to organismal function. The Administrative Core will accomplish its objectives by
conducting four Aims. First, the Administrative Core will establish, administer, and provide
guidance to the Resource Cores to allow them to offer state of the art technologies and
specialized assays that are generally not available through institutional cores but are needed to
support center investigators studying bone, muscle, tendon, ligament, and cartilage. Second,
the Administrative Core will establish oversight mechanisms of Core operations that provide the
feedback needed to continually increase the effectiveness by which the cores enhance the
scientific programs of center investigators. Third, an Enrichment Program will be established to
increase the effectiveness of the Cores, promote greater interactions between basic scientists
and clinicians, and expand membership through outreach programs, education, and the
development of new technologies that can be used by a broader number of investigators
interacting with musculoskeletal researchers. Fourth, the Administrative Core will establish a
pilot program to promote novel and emerging musculoskeletal translational research and basic
research in cross-tissue interactions and sex-specific differences. Continual feedback from
center investigators will allow the Administrative Core to be adaptable and effective to best
enable investigators to conduct outstanding research, to create a rich community of
musculoskeletal scientists, and to promote new collaborations among musculoskeletal
researchers to accelerate understanding of musculoskeletal health, injury and disease
mechanisms.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9984285
- **Project number:** 5P30AR069620-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
- **Principal Investigator:** KARL J JEPSEN
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $257,024
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-08-01 → 2021-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9984285

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9984285, Administrative Core (5P30AR069620-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9984285. Licensed CC0.

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