Center for Genetic Studies of Drug Abuse in Outbred Rats

项目摘要/摘要(核心A：行政核心) 行政核心将促进所有其他核心、研究项目和附属机构之间的协调 资助金。帕尔默博士是这个核心的中心主任和PI；他将得到Oksana Polesskaya博士的协助， 世卫组织自2015年1月以来一直担任该核心的科学主任。我们确定了以下六个主要目标 行政核心：1)促进中心PI之间的互动，2)维护中心网站和 数据库，3)维护并与外部咨询委员会(EAB)沟通，4)促进教育和 外联5)解决冲突和制定继任计划，6)提供一般行政支助。 第四个目标侧重于教育和外联，这一直是行政当局的一项主要优先事项 在最初的筹资期间，这是一项核心工作。我们将继续为高中和高中提供培训 通过支持一项暑期研究计划，将本科生置于该中心的 实验室。我们将延续我们过去在吸引代表不足的少数族裔成员方面的成功， 来自弱势背景的人和残疾人。我们还将继续援助 发展参与该中心的技术人员、研究生、博士后和初级教师的职业生涯 通过使用个人发展计划和研究业绩进展报告。最后， 行政核心将负责组织公共外联活动，这些活动将利用各种 加州大学圣地亚哥分校(UCSD)、密歇根大学(UofM)、 科罗拉多大学丹佛分校(UDenver)、布法罗大学(UB)、田纳西健康大学 科学中心(UTHSC)和维克森林大学医学院(WFUSM)。

Project Summary/Abstract (Core A: Administrative Core) The Administrative Core will facilitate coordination amongst all other cores, research projects and affiliated grants. Dr. Palmer is the Center Director and PI of this Core; he will be assisted by Dr. Oksana Polesskaya, who has served as the Scientific Director of this core since January 2015. We have identified six key Aims for the Administrative Core: 1) Promote interactions among center PIs, 2) Maintain the center’s website and database, 3) Maintain and communicate with the External Advisory Board (EAB), 4) Promote education and outreach 5) Resolve conflicts and develop a succession plan, and 6) Provide general administrative support. The fourth Aim focuses on education and outreach, which has been a major priority of the Administrative Core during the initial funding period. We will continue to provide training for both high school and undergraduate students by supporting a summer research program that places them into one of the center’s laboratories. We will extend on our past success in attracting members of underrepresented minorities, persons from disadvantaged backgrounds and persons with disabilities. We will also continue to aid in the developing careers of technicians, graduate students, postdocs and junior faculty involved in this center, in part through the use of individual development plans and research performance progress reports. Finally, the Administrative Core will be responsible for organizing public outreach activities that will draw on the diverse neighborhoods around the University of California San Diego (UCSD), the University of Michigan (UofM), the University of Colorado Denver (UDenver), the University at Buffalo (UB), University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center (UTHSC), and Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM).