Administrative Core

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The project is administered by the PI, the executive administrator, Ms. Fannie Dela Cruz with the assistance of the Administrative Officer, Ms. Margaret Brierton. They provide the routine and strategic management for the administration of the Core. They oversee the finances of the project. The Core provides the interface between the scientific investigators and the purchasing, regulatory, and administrative requirements. The Core allocates the financial resources to individual subprojects and cores. It provides a monthly financial review for project and core leaders. It maintains a log of purchase order requests and receipt of supplies and equipment and for the tracking of expenditure, changes in personnel, and service contracts for the project leaders. It provides expert editorial assistance for preparation of manuscripts and word processing. It coordinates the convening of the internal and external scientific review groups. It handles the travel arrangements for the external review committee members and remuneration for their expenses. It coordinates the weekly research seminar and the visits of invited professors. The Core coordinates an annual meeting on "New insights into Cardiovascular Kidney Disease." This is a 3 day, small group program for opinion leaders in the US and overseas where selected topics from the program project are discussed in depth. Each year the subproject and core leaders present their results and the external review group is invited to participate. This provides the reviewers with an opportunity to become deeply acquainted with the annual progress of the program and to provide their own comments on detail and substance. The meeting is financed by Division Funds. The Core prepares the reports and summaries which are required by the NIH for administrative review.