Leadership and Administrative Core

摘要-领导力和管理核心 德克萨斯大学格兰德河谷(UTRGV)少数族裔老龄阿尔茨海默病资源中心 研究(AD-RCMAR)将吸引和支持来自多个学科的研究人员，目标是减少 患有阿尔茨海默病和相关疾病的西班牙裔美国人的健康差异 (AD/ADRD)。领导和行政核心(LAC)将是UTRGV的中央执行单位 AD/ADRD-RCMAR，在所有活动和核心之间提供领导和协调/沟通。这个 法律顾问委员会还将提供对职能的方案指导和监督，包括监管合规、 行政援助和监督，确保三个核心与研究之间的协同作用 教育部分，并将为外部交流和传播提供便利。LAC将推动 创新，利用机构和国家资源和协作，并将负责 继续将中心的重点放在其科学使命上并扩大其研究。拉丁美洲和加勒比地区的具体目标 1)为AD/ADRD-RCMAR提供高效和具有成本效益的行政协调，包括 支持赠款行政管理、预算管理、伙伴之间的沟通和协调， 核心、研究教育组件和其他管理职能，以支持和优化 中心的生产力和可持续性；2)促进和协调各种方法，以吸引和加强 来自代表性不足背景的有才华的调查人员的数量和研究影响 致力于西班牙裔AD/ADRD的高质量研究；3)计划和监督征集、审查和 选择AD-RCMAR试点赠款，旨在确定导致AD患病率高的社会/行为贡献者 并建立一个系统来跟踪他们，直到获奖者获得独立 提供资金；4)促进UTRGV、附属机构和外部的互动和合作，包括 协调中心，其他AD/ADRD-RCMAR中心，NIA计划，非专业社区团体，以及年度 Ad-RCMAR会议；5)最大限度地利用和协调资源的利用，包括可用的资源 通过德克萨斯大学和合作伙伴组织，以及机构和外部赠款基金，促进 AD/ADRD-RCMAR的总体任务；和6)对每个核心提供系统、客观和正式的评价， 研究教育部分，以及整个AD/ADRD-RCMAR，在内部和通过组织和 与外部咨询委员会协调，完成所有要求的年度和半年度报告。至 为了实现这些目标，我们建立了一支在管理方面具有丰富经验的领导团队 联邦资金、研究教育、规划和评估。对此项目至关重要，Core联合 领导人Gladys Maestre博士和Silvia Mejia-Arango博士在健康差距和 德克萨斯州和墨西哥边境的特殊性。我们建议的法援署将提供有效和高效率的管治，以及 UTRGV AD/ADRD-RCMAR的领导基础设施。

Summary – Leadership and Administrative Core The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (AD-RCMAR) will attract and support researchers from multiple disciplines with the goal of reducing health disparities in the Hispanic American population with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders (AD/ADRD). The Leadership and Administrative Core (LAC) will be the central executive unit of the UTRGV AD/ADRD-RCMAR, providing leadership and coordination/communication among all activities and Cores. The LAC will also provide programmatic direction and oversight of functions, including regulatory compliance, administrative assistance, and supervision, ensuring synergy between the three cores and the Research Education component, and will facilitate external communications and dissemination. The LAC will promote innovation, leverage institutional and national resources and collaborations, and will be responsible for sustaining the Center’s focus on its scientific mission and expanding its research. Specific Aims of the LAC are: 1) provide efficient and cost-effective administrative coordination for the AD/ADRD-RCMAR, including support for grant administration, budget management, communication and coordination across its partners, Cores, Research Education component, and other administrative functions to support and optimize the Center's productivity and sustainability; 2) facilitate and coordinate approaches to attract and strengthen the number and research impact of highly talented investigators from underrepresented backgrounds who are committed to high-quality research on AD/ADRD in Hispanics; 3) plan and oversee the solicitation, review, and selection of AD-RCMAR pilot grants aimed at identifying social/behavioral contributors to high AD prevalence in Hispanics and create a system for tracking them until and beyond the awardees' attainment of independent funding; 4) foster interactions and collaborations at UTRGV, affiliated institutions, and externally, including the Coordinating Center, other AD/ADRD-RCMAR Centers, NIA Programs, lay community groups, and the annual AD-RCMAR meeting; 5) maximize and coordinate the leveraging of resources, including those available through UT and collaborating partner organizations, and institutional and external grant funds to promote the AD/ADRD-RCMAR's overall mission; and 6) provide systematic, objective and formal evaluation of each Core, the Research Education component, and the AD/ADRD-RCMAR as a whole, internally and by organizing and coordinating with the External Advisory Committee, and fulfill all required annual and semi-annual reporting. To accomplish these aims, we have built a leadership team with extensive experience in the administration of federal funding, research education, planning and evaluation. Critically important to this project, Core co- leaders Drs. Gladys Maestre and Silvia Mejia-Arango have vast experience in health disparities and peculiarities of the Texas/Mexico border. Our proposed LAC will provide effective and efficient governance and leadership infrastructure for the UTRGV AD/ADRD-RCMAR.