Administrative Core

ABSTRACT – ADMINISTRATIVE CORE The Administrative Core will be an essential resource in the success or the Stanford O’Brien Center. The goals of the Administrative Core will encompass external engagement, including integration with the O’Brien Center Collaborative Network, interfacing with other programs in urological research, coordinating training activities between research centers, and coordinating activities with NIDDK leadership. The Administrative Core also directs the Research Center’s Educational Enrichment and Opportunity Pool Programs. The overarching goal of the Administrative Core is to provide the operational support necessary to successfully achieve the goals we have laid out for each project and program as a whole. The Administrative Core will be responsible for managing, coordinating, and monitoring overall progress, and supervising the entire range of the program's activities. Moreover, the Administrative Core will distribute results to scientific audiences and the general public. We will maximize efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and productivity by centralizing resources used by each of the projects and core. The Administrative Core has the following specific aims: (1) provide operational oversight and integration of projects and cores, (2) promotion of effective collaboration, communication, and interactions within and outside the Center, (3) provide an effective, centralized unit to manage finances and resources, (4) broadly disseminate results and report Center activity, and (5) develop and execute the Center’s Educational Enrichment and Opportunity Pool Programs. The organization of the Administrative Core will have clear lines of authority and will leverage both an Investigator Committee and Internal and External Advisory Committees to ensure effective use of resources, scientific guidance and evaluation, and clear decision- making processes. Overall the Administrative Core will provide fully integrated administrative services for the management, communications, coordination, and financial administration of the Stanford O’Brien Center.