Administrative Core

Administrative Core (Core A) Summary The goal of the Administrative Core is to provide leadership and overall administrative management to the Program to ensure implementation of the vision of the Program Project as an integrated investigation of mechanisms of estradiol effects on the brain and cognitive trajectory under conditions of cardiometabolic health and disease. The Administrative Core has the following Specific Aims. 1) To provide financial management and general administrative support to all projects and cores. The Administrative Core will assume fiscal responsibility for the Program, ensure that all regulatory and reporting requirements are met, and manage the day-to-day Program activities. 2) To provide expert biostatistical and experimental design support. The Administrative Core will oversee all statistical approaches used within the PPG. This will include methods used within projects as well as for comparison across studies. The Core will advise on study design and results reporting. 3) To provide oversight of data management. The Administrative Core will implement a Program Data Monitoring Plan that will specify procedures for quality assurance and quality control of data. The Core will oversee data security and facilitate data sharing among the projects and cores. The Core will also ensure the collection of valid and reliable data. 4) To facilitate communication and coordination between projects and cores. The Administrative Core will organize monthly meetings of the Executive Committee that includes Research Project and Core Leads, monthly Program-wide scientific meetings, and an annual Program-hosted seminar. 5) To organize and support meetings of the Advisory Boards. The Administrative Core will be responsible for the logistics associated with organizing biannual and annual meetings of the respective Internal and External Advisory Committees. 6) To provide and coordinate plans for joint dissemination of study results. The Administrative Core will implement procedures for joint dissemination of results in two primary areas: joint submissions of symposia proposals and manuscripts. 7) To conduct an annual evaluation of the Program Project. The Administrative Core will oversee an annual review of all projects and cores. The review will also include metrics to measure the success of the PPG as a synergistic research program. The Core will generate and distribute a report summarizing the review to the Executive Committee and Advisory Boards. Any resulting recommendations for improvement will be implemented with oversight from the Administrative Core.