Administrative Core

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CORE A: PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT To maximize the cohesiveness and impacts of the Georgia Center for Diabetes Translation Research (GCDTR), Core A (the Administrative Core) provides the leadership, infrastructure, oversight, administrative support, and promotion and dissemination functions. GCDTR has retained and expanded a diverse team of leaders (including specific senior leadership for equity) to serve on the Executive Council and involved them in developing the center’s vision, mission, conceptual framework, and administrative processes over the past 4 years (GY 1-4). The GCDTR Director and Executive Council have raised considerable personal and matched financial support for the GCDTR which will be used to nearly quadruple annual Pilot and Feasibility (P&F) grant awards. Core A has an illustrious group of Internal and External Advisory Committee members to continue to provide advice and direction on center management, strategy, growth, and impact regionally and nationally. In this renewal, we have formed an Junior Faculty Advisory Committee to gather actionable feedback from a key GCDTR user group, establish processes for peer mentoring to support them, and link and sponsor aspiring diabetes translation investigators to opportunities and networks. Core A has developed transparent administrative policies and processes, including regular evaluation, reporting, and revision of annual strategic goals, ensuring that oversight and strategic growth of the Center are parallel and complementary goals. Administrative processes are not intended to be onerous, but rather, to stimulate efficiency and cohesiveness across the center, and to intentionally promote the overarching vision of equity. Specific Core A activities will include: annual strategic planning; administration of funds to Cores and Programs (funds derived from the grant, matched funds sponsored by partner institutions, and funds derived from service pay-back mechanisms); serving as the forum for regular Executive Council progress updates and strategy discussion; monitoring equity metrics for GCDTR membership, Enrichment, and Pilot and Feasibility (P&F) activities; internal and external annual progress reviews and reporting (for the Internal and External Advisory Committees and the NIH); promoting recruitment, enrichment, retention, and collaboration across campuses (working closely with key institutional partners, University Department Chairs and Deans, through the P&F and Enrichment Programs, and through the dedicated Junior Faculty Advisory Committee, with a Representative role on GCDTR’s Executive Council); and supporting the Regional Core in relationship management and dissemination of scientific data to GCDTR Faculty, regional affiliate institutions and members, and the broader community. Through its mix of experienced processes and personnel, the Administrative Core is poised to further increase GCDTR’s visibility, reputation, growth, and impacts on diabetes translation research and diabetes outcomes in the Southeast.