Texas A&M Center for Environmental Health Research (TiCER)

Administrative Core ABSTRACT The Administrative Core will provide leadership and guidance to the Texas A&M Center for Environmental Health Research (TiCER) to ensure excellence of research integration, community engagement, research translation, and career development. The overall theme of the Center is “Innovative solutions for addressing exposure-stressor interactions”. The Administrative Core will serve as the focal point for the Center and provide the support infrastructure to promote cross-discipline interactions among all members, facility cores, and external stakeholders. The Administrative Core will be physically located in the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences located on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station. The overall strategy of the Administrative Core will be to facilitate regular interactions among Center members, track products and outcomes, develop and plan future activities, and guide and sustain growth of environmental health research at Texas A&M. The Executive Committee (EC) of the Administrative Core will coordinate tracking Center progress during monthly meetings. The EC, along with facility core directors and theme leaders, will form a Program Committee that will meet quarterly and be responsible for: (i) planning Center activities; (ii) evaluating progress and considering solutions for challenges; (iii) improving Center integration; (iv) advising on personnel matters; (v) assessing quality management/assurance; (vi) organizing the annual retreat; and (vii) evaluating community engagement, training, and research translation activities. An Internal Advisory Board (IAB) consisting of senior university leadership will advise the Center in matters of internal organization. Scientific oversight of the Center will be the responsibility of an External Advisory Board (EAB), which will meet annually in conjunction with the Center retreat to perform program evaluation of the Center and determine whether research, outreach, career development, and translation goals and objectives are being met. The goals of the Administrative Core will be achieved through four aims: 1) Provide effective center leadership; 2) Maintain an active membership; 3) Enhance coordination, integration, and translation of research; 4) Promote career development.