Core--Coordination

协调核心有5项职能：1.为项目1至4的调查员之间提供结构和便利沟通。这种沟通将在与个别项目负责人及其工作人员的每周会议期间进行，与整个计划项目调查员的季度会议期间进行。这些会议的目的是向调查人员通报个别项目的进展情况，并评估在工作的技术或组织方面可能出现的问题。2.病人招募。研究协调员将是管理核心小组的成员，并将直接与俄亥俄州立大学和合作中心的风湿病学家和肾病学家合作，帮助他们识别和招募研究患者。3.将从项目4获得的患者样本分发给每个项目实验室。研究协调员将与项目4中的研究助理合作，确保在适当的保存条件下及时交付血液和尿液标本。在将血样运送到各个项目实验室之前，血样的初步分离也将由该小组完成。4.数据管理和数据分析。核心职能的这一方面是在Nagaraja博士与林博士和Gassman博士合作的指导下进行的。5.协调内部审查委员会对方案项目进展情况的定期评估。内部审查委员会由俄亥俄州立大学医学院的5名杰出科学家组成。他们的身份、特殊兴趣和在计划项目中的角色在核心中进行了描述。内部审查委员会应帮助保持计划项目的严密性和适当的进度。

The coordination core has 5 functions: 1. Provide structure and facilitate communication among the investigators in Projects 1 to 4. This communication will take place during weekly meetings with Individual Project Leaders and their staff, and quarterly meetings with the entire Program Project investigators. The purpose of these meetings is to apprise the investigators of the progress of the individual projects and to assess for problems that may occur in technical or organizational aspects of the work. 2. Patient recruitment. The Study Coordinator will be a member of the Administrative Core team and will work directly with the rheumatologists and nephrologists at The Ohio State University and in the collaborating Centers to assist them in identifying and enrolling study patients. 3. Distribution of patient samples obtained from Project 4 to each of the Project laboratories. The Study Coordinator, Working with the Research Assistant in Project 4, will ensure timely delivery of the blood and urine specimens, and under the proper preservation conditions. The initial separation of the blood samples, prior to their delivery to the individual Project laboratories, will also be accomplished by this group. 4. Data management and data analysis. This aspect of the Core function is under the direction of Dr. Nagaraja working in collaboration with Drs. Lin and Gassman. 5. Coordinate the Internal Review Committee's periodic evaluation of the progress of the Program Project. The Internal Review Committee consists of 5 distinguished scientists of The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Their identifies, special interests, and a role in the Program Project are described in Core. The Internal Review Committee should help maintain rigor and appropriate pace for the Program Project.