Administrative and Biostatistics Core

ABSTRACT (Core A-Administrative and Biostatistics Core) This application seeks support for its efforts to discover, apply, and translate scientific knowledge about pancreatic cancer to improve public health by reducing the burden of this disease. The Administrative and Statistics Core will coordinate, allocate and oversee resources and provide oversight to ensure the smooth operation of the Projects and shared resource Cores comprising this program project. Coordination of these activities will be facilitated through the maintenance and curation of a program website by this Core. Core personnel include the Lead (Director), the co-Lead (Co-Director), a Program Manager, a biostatistician, and a Financial Administrator. The Director assumes responsibility for the scientific and educational directions of the program. The Co-Director will assist the Director in the operation of the program and will assume full responsibility when the Director is not present. The roles of other Core personnel are detailed below. This Core is responsible for: 1) oversight and allocation of center resources to each Project (three in this program), 2) oversight and allocation of Research Core resources, 3) coordinating interactions within the P01 and with the relevant community of science through the program website, and 4) coordinating statistical support for the Projects.