# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P50** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 2020 · $243,640

## Abstract

Project Summary 
The Administrative, Data Management and Statistics Core (Core A) of the UCLA ACE provides a leadership 
and administrative structure that optimizes the functions of the ACE Center as a whole by setting scientific 
goals, overseeing project success, and providing centralized resources for data management, statistical 
support, and data sharing. Core A will ensure that administration of the Projects and Cores is efficient and 
cost-effective to promote timely completion of research objectives with high quality control. The Core A 
Director, Dr. Susan Bookheimer, has served as ACE PI for the past 8 years, working closely with Dr. Daniel 
Geschwind, Co-PI and Director of the UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment (CART). The 
Administrative and Data Management Core (Core A) is organized into three functional units. The Scientific 
Leadership Unit, Co-directed by Drs. Bookheimer and Geschwind, maintains an organizational framework 
under an Executive Committee to establish scientific priorities, facilitate communication and collaboration 
across the center, and ensure we achieve Center scientific goals, with input from the Advisory Board. The Data 
Management Unit, led by Dr. Catherine Sugar, Director of the Semel Institute Biostatistics Core, centralizes a 
web-entry system to capture, archive, protect, analyze, and transfer data to the National Database for Autism 
Research (NDAR), and to disseminate findings to the autism research community. The DMU also provides 
professional statistical support for Project and Core leaders, ensuring the highest level of rigor and 
sophistication in the design, implementation and analysis of all Center projects. The Operations Management 
Unit, led by Dr. Bookheimer and assisted by a highly experienced CAO, delivers centralized administrative 
support and oversight for all center projects and cores, including financial management, centralized IRB 
operations, monitoring equitable recruitment, and gathering information on core utilization, quality and user 
satisfaction. Together, these units create a central hub that unifies the projects and cores to promote scientific 
excellence, research productivity and quality core resources.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9984493
- **Project number:** 5P50HD055784-14
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **Principal Investigator:** SUSAN Y BOOKHEIMER
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $243,640
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2007-08-06 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9984493

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9984493, Administrative Core (5P50HD055784-14). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9984493. Licensed CC0.

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