Administration and Coordination Core

SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Administration and Coordination Core Gary Stein, Core Leader; Janet Stein, Co-Leader The Administration and Coordination Core will provide leadership, and administrative and fiscal support to facilitate integration of the three projects and the shared resource core (Experimental Integration, Design and Analysis Core) that comprise the Program Project. The core will coordinate a thematically integrated and maximally cohesive research program across the two sites—the University of Vermont (UVM) and the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Vermont campus (ACPHS). The Administration and Coordination Core has the following responsibilities: Overall Program Project management to promote interactions among investigators Program planning and evaluation of progress in each research project and the Experimental Integration, Design, and Analysis Core Prioritization and integration with the Experimental Integration, Design, and Analysis Core to optimize data management and coordination, analysis, and public dissemination Communication and coordination within the program and with external and institutional collaborators Organization of Internal and External Advisory Committee meetings and seminars Budget preparation and financial management, including scheduled fiscal reviews and financial reports Personnel management (recruitment of technical staff, coordination of immigration documentation, health insurance and benefits) Manuscript and progress report preparation, correspondence, management and organization Assistance with ordering reagents and supplies Scheduling and logistics for frequent Program Project meetings Travel arrangements for External Advisory Committee members and Program Project researchers Compliance with institutional, state and federal requirements for health, biosafety, and human-specimen and animal protocols Logistics for resource sharing among program investigators and with the broader scientific community