Administrative Core

The Administrative Core of the Washington University/University of Oklahoma/University of New Mexico Route 66 Endometrial Cancer SPORE provides executive oversight, advocacy review, and administrative support for three projects, two cores (Biospecimens, Metabolomics, and Pathology Core and the Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core), and the Developmental Research and Career Enhancement Programs. The Administrative Core leaders receive and implement advice from an Endometrial Cancer Equity Group, Patient Advocates, an Internal Advisory Board, and an External Advisory Board.

Core Leads:
Email David Mutch, MD
Email Kimberly Leslie, MD

Email Doris Benbrook, PhD
SPORE Administrator and Project Manager:
Veronica Davé, PhD
Contact Info & Bio

The Administrative Core has the following four broad objectives:

  1. Provide administrative support for the study by providing fiscal oversight for all SPORE components including subcontracts, preparing annual progress report and interacting with relevant institutional and sponsor offices, and ensuring that all research with patient participants is ethical, respectful, safe and mindful of patients’ needs.
  2. Provide organizational support for the study by coordinating meetings, committee updates, and ensuring effective communication and collaboration between the institutions.
  3. Provide scientific management for the study by making decisions regarding whether to continue, discontinue, or replace full projects and whether to elevate Developmental Projects to the status of full projects; assisting investigators with preparing scholarly presentations, publications, regulatory and other documentation; and enhancing participation of underrepresented minorities in SPORE activities, both as researchers and as participants in clinical trials.
  4. Provide administrative services for the clinical trials conducted within the SPORE by providing support and guidance for the proposed clinical trials and using the Washington University IRB for single site review.