Admin-Core

管理核心提供管理和监督中心行动所需的基础设施 研究肥胖和草酸盐肾结石（COOKS）。它位于系内的学术办公室 泌尿外科的主任该中心主任是院长阿西莫斯，医学博士，系主任，谁有专门的 在治疗肾结石患者的整个职业生涯中，并在进行结石清除的研究， 结石形成的病理生理学和这种疾病的预防。他将得到两名助手的协助。 董事，罗斯霍姆斯博士，谁在草酸盐相关的研究，和Naim Maalouf，医学博士，谁 专门研究转化性肾结石主任和副主任每月将 电话会议，或更频繁地，如果需要的话，审查中心的运作和管理。三 为行政核心制定了具体目标： 1.提供方向、行政支援和组织架构，以促进 中心。 这将涉及确保适当地生成和储存文件，并管理2010年和2011年的所有方面。 预定的专题讨论会。 2.维护和扩展网站，提供COOKS活动的最新描述 包括其教育充实计划，以及一个用于交流成果和获得 调查人员的数据。 3.制定一项教育充实计划，提供行政和教育 平台，以提高这一主题的专业知识，吸引其他人进入这一研究领域，并促进 机构内/机构外合作。 行政核心的有效运作将是确保中心成功的关键因素 并最终发展一个成功的多学科机构R 01或计划项目赠款申请。

The Administrative Core provides the infrastructure required to manage and oversee the actions of the Center for research on Obesity and Oxalate Kidney Stones (COOKS). It is housed in academic offices of the Department of Urology at UAB. The Center Director is Dean Assimos, MD, the Chair of the Department, who has specialized in treating kidney stone patients throughout his career and in conducting research on stone removal, the pathophysiology of stone formation and prevention of this disease. He will be assisted by two Associate Directors, Ross Holmes, PhD, who specializes in oxalate-­related research, and Naim Maalouf, MD, who specializes in translational kidney stone research. The Director and Associate Directors will have monthly conference calls, or more frequently if needed, to review the functioning and administration of the Center. Three specific aims were developed for the Administrative Core: 1. To provide direction, administrative support and organizational structure to facilitate the function of the Center. This will involve ensuring appropriate generation and storage of documents and managing all aspects of the 2 projected symposia. 2. To maintain and expand a website that provides an up-­to-­date description of COOKS activities including its Educational Enrichment Program, and a portal for communication of results and access to data for the investigators. 3. To develop an educational enrichment program, which provides administrative and educational platforms to enhance expertise on this subject, attract others into this field of research, and promote intra/extra institutional collaborations. The efficient operation of the Administrative Core will be a key element in ensuring the success of the Center and ultimately the development of a successful Multi-­Institutional R01 or Program Project Grant Application.