# Development Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $231,423

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY – DEVELOPMENTAL CORE
Director: Ahmet Hoke, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Co-Director: Amanda Brown PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Executive/review committee for this Core: Drs. Hoke, Brown, McArthur, Slusher, Pletnikov and Sacktor
The JHU NIMH Center Developmental Core was established to promote innovative, high-risk, high-impact
Neuro-AIDS research through the use of Pilot Project Grants. In the previous cycle, the Developmental Core
funded 29 Pilot Projects, which led to 37 extramural applications, of which 21 were funded, highlighting the
success of the Core. In order to continue to the goal of encouraging highly innovative research, especially in
therapeutics development, the Development Core will promote cross-disciplinary collaborations and fund
innovative projects, particularly from investigators new to the neuroAIDS field. In this regard, this Core has also
collaborated with existing JHU programs to support trainees from under represented backgrounds in the field of
neuroaids. The Development Core will accomplish its goals through a competitive grant submission process and
a mentorship program that will include the use of an individual development plan (IDP), particularly for new
investigators. The success of the Developmental Core will be closely monitored by evaluating the successes
and outcomes of the previous awardees in applying and securing additional grant funding and in career
advancement. Importantly, our trainees research projects on trafficking of noncoding RNAs, sleep disorders and
cognitive function, amyloid imaging in aged HIV+ individuals, and the role of platelets in the establishment of
latent viral reservoirs, illustrate how the Developmental Core has served as an avenue to usher the JHU NIMH
Center into new research directions.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9991914
- **Project number:** 5P30MH075673-14
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Ahmet Hoke
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $231,423
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9991914

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9991914, Development Core (5P30MH075673-14). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9991914. Licensed CC0.

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