The UCSF Pregnancy Exposures to Environmental Chemicals (PEEC) Children's Center

描述（由申请人提供） 行政核心将为PEEC儿童中心提供必要的行政基础设施，以实现研究项目1，2和3以及社区外展和翻译核心（COTC）的整合。行政核心旨在确保研究项目和COTC坚持该中心的总体主题，即促进科学和公众对环境如何影响早期人类发展的理解，并将建立在UCSF丰富的基础科学和临床资源的基础上。行政核心将：1）为中心提供行政支持; 2）促进中心内外的沟通和互动; 3）促进教师发展调查员（FDI）和初级研究人员的职业发展和指导;以及，4）监控实现中心目标的进展。 在行政支助方面，行政核心将履行中心的一般行政职能，并为其组成部分提供组织基础设施。 为了促进内部和外部的沟通和互动，行政核心主任将积极与儿童健康专家合作。儿童健康专家将参加交叉研究和COTC的会议，并将帮助确保该中心的科学为临床观众和他们的病人适当的翻译。行政核心将通过参与外部咨询委员会（EAC）来协调中心外部的其他互动和沟通;扩大和维护中心的虚拟家园;并协调与合作伙伴和科学家的会议，如与UCSF科学家的PRHE研究会议和儿童环境健康中心的会议。 为了促进外国直接投资和初级研究人员的职业发展和指导，行政核心将建立在强大的职业发展资源，通过UCSF可用，跟踪可用资源，并告知外国直接投资和初级研究人员的职业发展机会内外UCSF，并评估外国直接投资的职业和研究目标的进展。 最后，行政核心将与一名方案评估员密切合作，监测PEEC儿童中心的进展情况，并确保实现其目标。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The Administrative Core will provide the administrative infrastructure to the PEEC Children's Center needed to enable the integration of Research Projects 1, 2, and 3 and the Community Outreach and Translation Core (COTC). The Administrative Core is designed to ensure that the Research Projects and the COTC adhere to the Center's overall theme, which is to advance scientific and public understanding of how the environment affects early human development, and will build upon the rich basic science and clinical resources available at UCSF. The Administrative Core will: 1) provide the administrative support for the Center; 2) facilitate the communication and interactions within and outside of the Center; 3) facilitate the career development and mentoring of the Faculty Development Investigator (FDI) and junior researchers; and, 4) monitor the progress toward achieving the Center's goals. With regard to administrative support, the Administrative Core will carry out the general administrative functions of the Center and provide the organizational infrastructure for its component parts. To facilitate internal and external communication and interactions, the Director of the Administrative Core, will actively collaborate with the Children's Health Specialist. The Children's Health Specialist will attend meetings that intersect research and the COTC and will help to assure appropriate translation of the Center's science for clinical audiences and their patients. The Administrative Core will coordinate other interactions and communication outside the Center by engaging the External Advisory Committee (EAC); expanding upon and maintaining the Center's Virtual Home; and coordinating meetings with partners and scientists such as the PRHE research meeting with UCSF scientists and meetings of the Children's Environmental Health Centers. To facilitate the career development and mentoring of the FDI and junior researchers, the Administrative Core will build on the strong career-development resources available through UCSF, track available resources and inform the FDI and junior researchers of career development opportunities within and outside of UCSF, and evaluate the FDI's progress toward career and research goals. Finally, the Administrative Core will work closely with a program evaluator, to monitor the progress of the PEEC Children's Center and ensure the achievement of its goals.