Administrative Core

ADMINISTRATIVE CORE SUMMARY This International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research (ICEMR) endeavors to achieve a better understanding of malaria epidemiology, vector biology, and insecticide and drug resistance in Cameroon, a high malaria burden country in central Africa, to inform and guide optimal malaria interventions. This program has established a research framework with investigators from multiple institutions in the U.S. and Cameroon to collaboratively conduct multidisciplinary malaria research across study sites in Cameroon with drastically different ecologies and malaria epidemiology. To meet this challenge, this administrative core is established to 1) provide administrative support for managing, coordinating, and supervising the research activities of this program to ensure that each project achieves its scientific goals; 2) provide an organizational management plan for financial and regulatory oversight; 3) support linkages with the funding agency, scientific advisory group, other ICEMR programs, and outreach activities; and 4) provide administrative support for the training components of this program. We have developed an administrative structure and procedures for managing and coordinating all research and training activities. This administrative core will facilitate research-related activities of the program, assist in the organization of ICEMR-related meetings, and develop and submit annual progress and financial reports. Through streamlined administration of the ICEMR, we aim to build a strong collaborative malaria research network to successfully achieve the scientific goals of the program.