# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · 2020 · $175,551

## Abstract

The Administrative Core (Admin Core) will serve as the executive, coordinating and oversight component of
the Cincinnati Rheumatic Diseases Resource Center (CRDRC). The Admin Core will provide executive,
administrative (including fiscal), and personnel services to the CRDRC, as well as scientific oversight of the
resource cores. This includes coordination of resources within the Research Cores to enhance ongoing
studies and promote new projects. The Admin Core will monitor progress and evaluate all aspects of the
CRDRC's operations, including appropriate expenditures by the Resource Cores and Enrichment Program.
The Admin Core will prepare required progress reports and regulatory documentation.
Susan Thompson, Ph.D., is the proposed Director of the CRDRC, and Alexi Grom, M.D. is proposed as
Associate Director. Dr. Grom will function as Medical Director of the CRDRC by providing the liaison to the
rheumatology clinic and the fellowship training program. In addition, Dr. Peter Nigrovic, of Brigham and
Women's Hospital and the current Chair of the CARRA (Childhood Arthritis Rheumatology Research Alliance)
Translational Research and Technology Committee proposed as an Adjunct Associate Director of the CRDRC
to liaison with the translational research community of CARRA. The CRDCC's chief executive and
administrative body will be a five-member Executive Committee, which consists of the Director, Associate
Director, and leaders of each Research Core. An Advisory Committee will provide advice to the Director and
Executive Committee and will include local and external leaders with expertise to provide meaningful guidance
to CRDRC leadership and Research Core directors. Members will include individuals experienced in core and
center administration who are independent of the CRDRC, but who are part of, and familiar with, the academic
setting within which the CRDRC resides or offer experiences of other comparable academic centers. Members
will include individuals who complement the expertise of and utilize the Research Cores, and local leaders of
programs that synergistically interact with the CRDRC.
An Enrichment Program will be offered that includes research seminars, education relevant to technologies of
the resource cores, and strategic planning of research goals. A novel and innovative P&F Program is
proposed and will be managed by the Admin Core. Projects will be solicited locally and from the CARRA
community. A P&F Study Committee will assist in the selection of new P&F Studies and monitor progress of
ongoing P&F Studies. This program will provide a valuable mechanism for advancing new investigators and
new projects in the field of pediatric rheumatology locally and nationally.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9986689
- **Project number:** 5P30AR070549-05
- **Recipient organization:** CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** SUSAN D THOMPSON
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $175,551
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-08-01 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9986689

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9986689, Administrative Core (5P30AR070549-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9986689. Licensed CC0.

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